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Physician’s Guide to the Laboratory Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases

By Nenad Blau , Marinus Duran , Milan E. Blaskovics , Marinus Duran (auth.) , K. Michael Gibson (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2003
ISBN
978-3-642-62709-5, 978-3-642-55878-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-55878-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
59 MB (62177521 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
716\731
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Biochemistrygeneral; Laboratory Medicine; General Practice / F

Description

Delay and mistakes in the diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases may have devastating consequences. Reference laboratory data are scattered and clinical descriptions of rare conditions are hard to locate. This book describes 298 disorders, grouped into 35 chapters according to the type of condition. Within each group of disorders, chapters provide tables of pertinent clinical findings as well as reference and pathological values for crucial metabolites. Relevant metabolic pathways and diagnostic flow charts are included. There are four indices to make the book as user-friendly as possible: Disorders index, Signs and symptoms index, Organs index, and Tests index. The Physician's Guide provides paediatricians and other physicians with a unique aid to help them select the correct diagnosis from a bewildering array of complex clinical and laboratory data. The book includes a CD-ROM with search function.

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