Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies
459 Peripheral Neuropathy Anthony A. Amato, Richard J. Barohn Peripheral nerves are composed of sensory, motor, and autonomic elements. Diseases can affect the cell body of a neuron or…
The Practice of Genetics in Clinical Medicine
84 The Practice of Genetics in Clinical Medicine Susan M. Domchek, J. Larry Jameson, Susan Miesfeldt APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR GENETICS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE Genetic testing for inherited abnormalities associated…
Prion Diseases
452 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases Robert H. Brown, Jr. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of progressive motor neuron…
Disorders of Platelets and Vessel Wall
140 Disorders of Platelets and Vessel Wall Barbara A. Konkle Hemostasis is a dynamic process in which the platelet and the blood vessel wall play key roles. Platelets become…
Glomerular Diseases
336 Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure Kathleen D. Liu, Glenn M. Chertow Dialysis may be required for the treatment of either acute or chronic kidney disease. The use of…
Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Disorders of Tubule Growth and Development
339 Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Disorders of Tubule Growth and Development Jing Zhou, Martin R. Pollak The polycystic kidney diseases are a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders and…
Principles of Human Genetics
Part 3: Genes, the Environment, and Disease 82 Principles of Human Genetics J. Larry Jameson, Peter Kopp IMPACT OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS ON MEDICAL PRACTICE The prevalence of…
Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases
462e Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases Anthony A. Amato, Robert H. Brown, Jr. Skeletal muscle diseases, or myopathies, are disorders with structural changes or functional impairment of muscle….
Medical Virology
Clinical findings, nonmicrobiologic laboratory tests, and chest radiography are not useful for differentiating M. pneumoniae pneumonia from other types of community-acquired pneumonia. In addition, since M. pneumoniae lacks a cell…
Less Common Hematologic Malignancies
135e Less Common Hematologic Malignancies Ayalew Tefferi, Dan L. Longo The most common lymphoid malignancies are discussed in Chap. 134, myeloid leukemias in Chaps. 132 and 133, myelodysplastic syndromes…
