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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254651003321

Titolo

Stroke Genetics / / edited by Pankaj Sharma, James F. Meschia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56210-X

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 431 p. 39 illus., 26 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

616.8

Soggetti

Neurology 

Internal medicine

Human genetics

Neurology

Internal Medicine

Human Genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Familial stroke epidemiology -- Association study results -- GWAS -- Aneurysms/carvernous/AVM -- ICH/amyloid/microbleeds -- CADASIL -- Fabry -- MELAS -- Sickle -- Other monogenic -- White matter disease -- Carotid atherosclerosis -- Dissection -- Pharmacogenomics -- Non-Caucasian stroke genetics -- Small vessel disease -- Genetics of neuroimaging in stroke -- Cerebrovenous thrombosis -- Ethics.

Sommario/riassunto

This revised, expanded second edition updates the reader on this fast moving field as well providing an overall understanding of the genetics of complex diseases by using stroke as a paradigm. The reader will gain a comprehensive understanding of cerebrovascular genetics including the epidemiological evidence for the genetic basis of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, knowledge of its molecular basis from association, linkage and recent genomewide studies, and also monogenic disorders. Finally, the legal and ethical complexities in dealing with these issues are discussed. Stroke Genetics is a valuable resource for neurologists, stroke physicians, hypertension specialists,



internists, clinical pharmacologists and those in training, as well as researchers in the field of disease genetics.