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The Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) [electronic resource] / edited by Flora Tassone, Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis.

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010Description: XVI, 188 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441958051
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 611.01816 23
  • 599.935 23
LOC classification:
  • RB155-155.8
  • QH431
Online resources:
Contents:
Clinical Neurological Phenotype of FXTAS -- The Epidemiology of FXTAS -- FXTAS: Neuropsychological/Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes -- Radiological Findings in FXTAS -- The Pathology of FXTAS -- The Molecular Biology of FXTAS -- Genotype/Phenotype Relationships in FXTAS -- Animal Models for FXTAS -- Treatment and Management of FXTAS -- Genetic Counseling for FXTAS and FMR1-Associated Disorders.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: In The Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), the editors present information on all aspects of FXTAS, including clinical features and current supportive management, radiological, psychological, and pathological findings, genotype-phenotype relationships, animal models and basic molecular mechanisms. Genetic counseling issues are also discussed. The book should serve as a resource for professionals in all fields regarding diagnosis, management, and counseling of patients with FXTAS and their families, as well as presenting the molecular basis for disease that may lead to the identification of new markers to predict disease risk and eventually lead to target treatments.
Item type: eBooks
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Clinical Neurological Phenotype of FXTAS -- The Epidemiology of FXTAS -- FXTAS: Neuropsychological/Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes -- Radiological Findings in FXTAS -- The Pathology of FXTAS -- The Molecular Biology of FXTAS -- Genotype/Phenotype Relationships in FXTAS -- Animal Models for FXTAS -- Treatment and Management of FXTAS -- Genetic Counseling for FXTAS and FMR1-Associated Disorders.

In The Fragile X-Associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), the editors present information on all aspects of FXTAS, including clinical features and current supportive management, radiological, psychological, and pathological findings, genotype-phenotype relationships, animal models and basic molecular mechanisms. Genetic counseling issues are also discussed. The book should serve as a resource for professionals in all fields regarding diagnosis, management, and counseling of patients with FXTAS and their families, as well as presenting the molecular basis for disease that may lead to the identification of new markers to predict disease risk and eventually lead to target treatments.

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