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Title Genetic diseases of the kidney / edited by Richard P. Lifton [and others]
Edition 1st ed
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 829 pages, 50 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents pt. 1. General background -- pt. 2 -- pt. 3. Genetic abnormalities of renal development and morphogenesis -- pt. 4. Inherited neoplastic diseases affecting the kidney -- pt. 5. Systemic diseases with renal involvement : monogenic disorders -- pt. 6. Systemic hereditary diseases with renal involvement : multifactorial diseases
Summary Genetic Diseases of the Kidney identifies and analyzes genetic abnormalities causing renal diseases in human subjects. Although in a sense the genome contains all the instructions required for the formation of a phenotype, the information is encoded in an extremely complicated fashion. In primary genetic diseases, the genetic instruction specifies a phenotype clearly linked with a discreet lesion confined to the kidney. However, the genetic disturbance may be imbedded in a complicated physiologic ensemble, so that the nexus between the genetic disturbance and the phenotype may be obscured; in consequence, the causal sequence is extremely difficult to unravel. In many instances the renal disease is one component of a complicated systemic hereditary disease, either monogenic or polygenic. Indeed, renal disease may arise as the sum of minor inputs from many different, seemingly unrelated genes, so that the genetic contributions may be difficult to identify. Confounding the problem further are environmental influences, originating either in the chromosomal environment from modifier genes, or in the extra-chromosomal environmental from intrauterine or postnatal influences. These considerations have determined both the organization of the text as well as the detailed description of the genetic disorders and the physiologic derangements that emerge. * Lays the essential foundation of mammalian genetics principles for medical professionals with little to no background in genetics. Analyzes specific renal diseases - both monogenic disorders confined to the kidney as well as systemic diseases with renal involvement - and explains their genetic causes. World-renowned editors and authors offer expert frameworks for understanding the links between genes and complex clinical disorders (i.e., lupus, diabetes, HIV, and hypertension)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Kidneys -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects
Kidney Diseases -- genetics
Kidney Diseases -- physiopathology
MEDICAL -- Nephrology.
Kidneys -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects.
Form Electronic book
Author Lifton, Richard P.
ISBN 9780124498518
0124498515
9780080924274
0080924271
1282168916
9781282168916
9786612168918
6612168919