Stroke Genetics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sharma, Pankaj. (Editor), Meschia, James F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Human Genetics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-209-4

Over the last decade there has been a substantial increase in our understanding of the genetic basis of common disorders such as stroke. Stroke Genetics is designed to give the reader an overall understanding of the genetics of complex diseases by using stroke as a paradigm. The reader will gain a c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Candidate Gene Association Studies in Stroke
• Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
• The Genetics of Cerebral Aneurysms and Other Vascular Malformations
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• Clinicogenetic and Pathologic Characteristics of CADASIL
• Monogenic Disorder: Fabry Disease
• Stroke-like Episodes in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like Episodes (MELAS)
• Genetics of Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke
• Other Monogenetic Stroke Disorders
• White Matter Disease
• Genetics of Carotid Disease
• Genetics of Cervical Artery Dissection
• Stroke Pharmacogenetics
• Ethical Issues in the Genetics of Complex Disorders.