Stroke Genetics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319858548 ISBN 13: 9783319858548

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Pankaj Sharma, MD, PhD, FRCP

Reader & Consultant Neurologist

Imperial College London & Hammersmith Hospitals

London, UK

James F. Meschia, MD

Chair, Department of Neurology

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319858548
• ISBN 13: 9783319858548
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Sharma Pankaj, Meschia James F.