Marfan Syndrome: A Primer For Clinicians And Scientists - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 030648238X ISBN 13: 9780306482380

Casa editrice: Landes Bioscience, 2004

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Historical Introduction The Marfan Syndrome: From Clinical Delineation to Mutational Characterization, a Semiautobiographic Account VictorA. McKusick l n 1876, E. Williams, an ophthalmologistin Cincinnati, Ohio, described ectopia lentis in a brother and sister who were exceptionally tall and had been loosejointed from birth. I Although there is a Williams syndrome that has aortic manifestations (supravalvar aortic stenosis), the name Williams was never associated with the disorder we now call Marfan syndrome. The reason is clear: Williamswas geographically removed from the leading medical centers and published in the Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society; surely his report attracted little attention and the non-ocular features were not emphasized. 2 The case report that brought the disorder to attention was provided by a prominent Pari­ sian professor of pediatrics, Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan (1858-1942), who did much to establish pediatrics as a specialty in France and elsewhere. He was the author of widely read textbooks and monographson pediatrictopics and waseditor of Le Nourrisson for a great many years. In addition to the syndromeunder discussion here, his name is often attached to "Marfan's law" (that immunity to pulmonary phthisis is conferred by the healing of a local tuberculous 3 lesion) and Marfan's subxiphoid approach for aspiratingfluid from the pericardial sac. (Please pardon my use of the possessive form of the eponym in these two instances!) Pictures of Marfan (Fig.

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The Marfan Syndrome: From Clinical Delineation to Mutational Characterization, a Semiautobiographic Account.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Marfan Syndrome – Summary.- Orthopaedic Problems in Marfan Syndrome.- Ophthalmological Aspects.- Cardiovascular Aspects of the Marfan Syndrome: A Systematic Review.- Cardiovascular Surgery: Surgical Management of the Marfan Patient at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.- Surgery for Cardiovascular Disorders in Marfan Syndrome: The Atrioventricular Valves, Distal Aortic Segments and Myocardium.- Mutation Analysis of the FBN1 Gene in Individuals with Marfan Syndrome: Sensitivity, Methods,Clinical Indications.- The Marfan Mutation Database.- Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections.- Fibrillin-2 Mutations in Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly.- Assembly of Microfibrils.- Organization and Biomechanical Properties of Fibrillin Microfibrils.- Microfibril-Associated Glycoprotein-1 (MAGP-1) and Other Non-Fibrillin Macromolecules Which May Possess a Functional Association with the 10 nm Microfibrils.- The Fibrillins and Key Molecular Mechanisms that Initiate Disease Pathways.- Insights into Fibrillin-1 Structure and Function from Domain Studies.- Genetics of Marfan Syndrome in Mouse Models.

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• Editore: Landes Bioscience
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 030648238X
• ISBN 13: 9780306482380
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 218
• Redattore: Robinson Peter N., Godfrey Maurice