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Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Diseases

This volume is a reference handbook focusing on diseases like Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome and other heritable soft connective tissue diseases. The book presents detailed information for both basic scientists and for clinicians seeing patients. It is also a stepping...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Halper, Jaroslava (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 802
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Structure, physiology and biochemistry of collagens
  • Basic components of connective tissues and extracellular matrix
  • Proteoglycans and diseases of soft tissues
  • Advances in the use of growth factors for treatment of disorders of soft tissues
  • Clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of the Marfan syndrome
  • Loeys-Dietz syndrome
  • Connective Tissue Disorders and Cardiovascular Complications: The indomitable role of Transforming Growth Factor-beta signaling
  • The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome associated with glycosaminoglycan abnormalities
  • Cutis laxa
  • Collagen type VI myopathies
  • Mouse Models in Tendon and Ligament Research
  • Connective tissue disorders in domestic animals.