The Gale encyclopedia of genetic disorders /
Encyclopedia of genetic disorders Genetic disorders
Laurie J. Fundukian, editor.
- 3rd edition.
- 1 online resource (2 volumes) : color illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Includes bibliographies and index.
22q13 deletion syndrome -- Aarskog syndrome -- Aase syndrome -- Abetalipoproteinemia -- Absence of vas deferens -- Acardia -- Accutane embryopathy -- Aceruloplasminemia -- Achondrogenesis -- Achondroplasia -- ACHOO syndrome -- Acrocallosal syndrome -- Acromegaly -- Adams-Oliver syndrome -- Adelaide-type craniosynostosis -- Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Aicardi syndrome -- Ala dehydratase deficiency -- Alagille syndrome -- Albinism -- Alcoholism -- Alexander disease -- Alkaptonuria -- Alpha-1 antitrypsin -- Alpha-thalassemia X-linked mental retardation syndrome -- Alstrom syndrome -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amelia -- Amelogenesis imperfecta -- Amniocentesis -- Amyoplasia -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Androgen insensitivity syndrome -- Anemia, sideroblastic X-linked -- Anencephaly -- Angelman syndrome -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Apert syndrome -- Arginase deficiency -- Arnold-Chiari malformation -- Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita -- Arthropathy-camptodactyly syndrome -- Asperger syndrome -- Asplenia -- Asthma -- Astrocytoma -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Autism -- Azorean disease -- Bardet-biedl syndrome -- Barth syndrome -- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome -- Batten disease -- Beals disease -- Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome -- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome -- Beta thalassemia -- Bicuspid aortic valve -- Biotinidase deficiency -- Bipolar disorder -- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome -- Bloom syndrome -- Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome -- Brachydactyly -- Branchiootorenal syndrome -- Breast cancer -- Bruton agammaglobulinemia -- Burger-Grutz syndrome -- Campomelic dysplasia -- Canavan disease -- Cancer -- Cancer genetics -- Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome -- Carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency -- Carpenter syndrome -- Caudal dysplasia -- Cayler cardiofacial syndrome -- Celiac disease -- Central core disease -- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy -- Cerebral palsy -- Channelopathies -- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease -- Charge syndrome -- Chediak-Higashi syndrome -- Chondrodysplasia punctata -- Chondrosarcoma -- Choroideremia -- Chromosomal abnormalities -- Chromosome -- Chromosome map -- Cleft lip and palate -- Cleidocranial dysplasia -- Clubfoot -- Cockayne syndrome -- Coffin-Lowry syndrome -- Coffin-Siris syndrome -- Cohen syndrome -- Collagenopathy, types II and XI -- Coloboma -- Color blindness -- Compression neuropathy -- Cone-Rod dystrophy -- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia -- Congenital heart disease -- Congenital hypothyroid syndrome -- Congenital methemoglobinemia -- Conjoined twins -- Conotruncal anomaly face syndrome -- Corneal dystrophy -- Cornelia de lange syndrome -- Corpus callosum, agenesis -- Costello syndrome -- Cowden syndrome -- Crane-Heise syndrome -- Craniosynostosis -- Cri du chat syndrome -- Crouzon syndrome -- Crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome -- Cystic fibrosis -- Cystinosis -- Cystinuria -- Dandy-walker malformation -- De Grouchy syndrome -- Deletion 22q11 syndrome -- Dementia -- Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy -- Dent's disease -- Depression -- Diabetes -- Diastrophic dysplasia -- Distal arthrogryposis syndrome -- DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) -- Donohue syndrome -- Down syndrome -- Duane retraction syndrome -- Dubowitz syndrome -- Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- Dyschondrosteosis -- Dysplasia -- Dystonia -- Ectodermal dysplasia -- Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome -- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- Ellis-van Creveld syndrome -- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy -- Encephalocele -- Engelmann disease -- Entrapment neuropathy -- Epidermolysis bullosa -- Epilepsy -- Erythropoietic porphyria -- Erythropoietic protoporphyria -- Essential hypertension -- Essential tremor -- Fabry disease -- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy -- Factor V Leiden thrombophilia -- Fahr disease -- Familial adenomatous polyposis -- Familial dysautonomia -- Familial Mediterranean fever -- Familial nephritis -- Familial pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Fanconi anemia -- Fanconi-Bickel syndrome -- Fetal alcohol syndrome -- FG syndrome -- Fibroblast growth factor receptor mutations -- Fluorescent in situ hybridization -- Fragile x syndrome -- Fraser syndrome -- Freeman-Sheldon syndrome -- Friedreich ataxia -- Frontonasal dysplasia -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Fryns syndrome -- Galacktokinase deficiency -- Galactosemia -- Gastric cancer -- Gastroschisis -- Gaucher disease -- Gene -- Gene mutations -- Gene pool -- Gene therapy -- Genetic counseling -- Genetic disorders -- -- Genetic mapping -- Genetic testing -- Genetics and congenital anomalies -- Genitalia, ambiguous -- Genome -- Genome sequencing -- Genotype and phenotype -- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease -- Glaucoma -- Glycogen storage diseases -- Goltz syndrome -- GM1-gangliosidosis -- Greig cephalopolysyndactyly -- Griscelli syndrome -- Haim-Munk syndrome -- Hair loss syndromes -- Hallermann-Streiff syndrome -- Hand-foot-uterus syndrome -- Harlequin fetus -- Hemifacial microsomia -- Hemihypertrophy (hemihyperplasia) -- Hemochromatosis -- Hemolytic-uremic syndrome -- Hemophilia -- Hepatocellular carcinoma -- Herceptin -- Hereditary angioneurotic edema -- Hereditary colorectal cancer -- Hereditary coproporphyria -- Hereditary desmoid disease -- Hereditary hearing loss and deafness -- Hereditary multiple exostoses -- Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer -- Hereditary pancreatitis -- Hereditary spastic paraplegia -- Hereditary spherocytosis -- Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome -- Hermaphroditism -- Hirschsprung disease -- Holoprosencephaly -- Holt-Oram syndrome -- Homocystinuria -- Human genome project -- Huntington disease -- Hydrocephalus -- Hydrolethalus syndrome -- Hydrops fetalis -- Hyperlipoproteinemia -- Hyperoxaluria -- Hyperphenylalaninemia -- Hypochondrogenesis -- Hypochondroplasia -- Hypophosphatasia -- Hypophosphatemia -- Hypospadias and epispadias -- Ichthyosis -- Imprinting -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- Infantile Refsum disease -- Inheritance -- Inherited arrhythmia -- Jackson-Weiss syndrome -- Jacobsen syndrome -- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome -- Joubert syndrome -- Kabuki syndrome -- Kallmann syndrome -- Kartagener syndrome -- Karyotype -- Kennedy disease -- Klinefelter syndrome -- Klippel-Feil syndrome -- Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome -- Kniest dysplasia -- Krabbe disease -- Langer-Saldino achondrogenesis -- Larsen syndrome -- Laterality sequence -- Leber congenital amaurosis -- Lebers hereditary optic atrophy -- Leigh syndrome -- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome -- Leukodystrophy -- Li-Fraumeni syndrome -- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy -- Lipoprotein lipase deficiency -- Lissencephaly -- Long QT syndrome -- Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome -- Machado-Joseph disease -- Macular degeneration, age-related -- Major histocompatibility complex -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Mannosidosis -- Marfan syndrome -- Marshall syndrome -- Marshall-Smith syndrome -- MCAD deficiency -- McCune-Albright syndrome -- McKusick-Kaufman syndrome -- Meckel-Gruber syndrome -- Meckel's diverticulum -- Menkes syndrome -- Metaphyseal dysplasia -- Methylmalonic acidemia -- Methylmalonicaciduria due to methylmalonic CoA mutase deficiency -- Micro syndrome -- Microcephaly (childhood) -- Microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) -- Miller-Dieker syndrome -- Moebius syndrome -- Monosomy 1p36 syndrome -- Mowat-Wilson syndrome -- Moyamoya -- Mucolipidosis -- Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Mucopolysaccharidosis type I, Mucopolysaccharidosis type II -- Muir-Torre syndrome -- Multifactorial inheritance -- Multiple endocrine neoplasias -- Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia -- Multiple lentigines syndrome -- Multiple sclerosis -- Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification -- Muscular dystrophy -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myopia -- Myotonic dystrophy -- Myotubular myopathy -- Nail-patella syndrome -- Nance-Insley syndrome -- Narcolepsy -- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus -- Neu-Laxova syndrome -- Neural tube defects -- Neuraminidase deficiency -- Neuraminidase deficiency with beta-galactosidase deficiency -- Neurofibromatosis -- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma -- Niemann-Pick disease -- Nijmegen breakage syndrome -- Nonketotic hyperglycemia -- Noonan syndrome -- Norrie disease -- Oculo-digito-esophago-duodenal syndrome -- Oculodentodigital syndrome -- Oligohydramnios sequence -- Omphalocele -- Oncogene -- Opitz syndrome -- Oral-facial-digital syndrome -- Organic acidemias -- Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency -- Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteogenesis imperfecta -- Osteoporosis -- Osteosarcoma -- Otopalatodigital syndrome -- Ovarian cancer -- Paine syndrome -- Pallister-Hall syndrome -- Pallister Killian syndrome -- Pancreatic beta cell agenesis -- Pancreatic cancer -- Panic disorder -- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) -- Parkinson disease -- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria -- Patent ductus arteriosus -- Pedigree analysis -- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease -- Pendred syndrome -- Pervasive developmental disorders -- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome -- Pfeiffer syndrome -- Pharmacogenetics -- Phenylketonuria -- Pierre-Robin sequence -- Pituitary dwarfism -- Poland anomaly -- Polycystic kidney disease -- Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Polydactyly -- Pompe disease -- Porphyrias -- Prader-Willi syndrome -- Prenatal ultrasound -- Prion diseases -- Progeria syndrome -- Propionic acidemia -- Prostate cancer -- Protein C deficiency -- Protein S deficiency -- Proteus syndrome -- Prune-Belly syndrome -- Pseudo-Gaucher disease -- Pseudoachondroplasia -- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum -- Pyloric stenosis -- Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency -- Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency -- Pyruvate kinase deficiency -- Raynaud disease -- Refsum disease -- Renal agenesis -- Renal failure due to hypertension -- Renpenning syndrome -- Retinitis pigmentosa -- Retinoblastoma -- Rett syndrome -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata -- Rhodopsin -- Rieger syndrome -- RNA (ribonucleic acid) -- Roberts SC phocomelia -- Robinow syndrome -- Rothmund-Thomson syndrome -- Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome -- Russell-Silver syndrome -- Saethre-Chotzen syndrome -- Schinzel-Giedion syndrome -- Schizophrenia -- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome -- Scleroderma -- Sclerosing bone dysplasias -- Scoliosis -- Sebastian syndrome -- Seckel syndrome -- Septo-optic dysplasia -- Severe combined immunodeficiency -- Short-Rib polydactyly -- Shprintzen-Goldberg craniosynostosis syndrome -- Sickle cell disease -- Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome -- Sirenomelia -- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome -- Skeletal dysplasia -- Smith-Fineman-Myers syndrome -- Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome -- Smith-Magenis syndrome -- Sotos syndrome -- Spastic cerebral palsy -- Spina bifida -- Spinal muscular atrophy -- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia -- Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita -- SRY (Sex Determining Region Y) -- Stargardt disease -- Stickler syndrome -- Sturge-Weber syndrome -- Sutherland-Haan syndrome -- angier disease -- Tar syndrome -- Tay-Sachs disease -- Teratogen -- Thalassemia -- Thalidomide embryopathy -- Thanatophoric dysplasia -- Thrombasthenia of Glanzmann and Naegeli -- Tomaculous neuropathy -- Tourette syndrome -- Treacher Collins syndrome -- Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome -- Triose phosphate isomerase deficiency -- Triple X syndrome -- Triploidy -- Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome -- Trisomy 8 mosaicism syndrome -- Trisomy 13 -- Trisomy 18 -- Tuberous sclerosis complex -- Turner syndrome -- Urea cycle disorders -- Urogenital adysplasia syndrome -- Usher syndrome -- Van der Woude syndrome -- Vater association -- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome -- Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis -- Von Willebrand disease -- Waardenburg syndrome -- Walker-Warburg syndrome -- Weaver syndrome -- Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome -- Werner syndrome -- Williams syndrome -- Wilson disease -- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome -- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome -- Wolman disease -- X-linked hydrocephaly -- X-linked mental retardation -- X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency -- Xeroderma pigmentosum -- XXXX syndrome -- XXXXX syndrome -- XYY syndrome -- YY syndrome -- Zellweger syndrome -- Zygote.
Provides clear, complete information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments and therapies, in articles that are both comprehensive and easy to understand in language accessible to laypersons.
ISBN: 9781414476056
Subjects--Topical Terms: Medical genetics--Encyclopedias. Genetic disorders--Encyclopedias.
LC Class. No.: RB155.5
National Library of Medicine Call No.: QZ 13 / G1517 2011