1st Edition
Mitochondrial Medicine
16 Pages
by
CRC Press
16 Pages
41 Color & 99 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly being recognized as the basis of a wide variety of human diseases. Providing an authoritative update on our current knowledge of mitochondrial medicine, this text draws together world authorities from various fields to present general therapeutic strategies, as well as the treatments presently available in different specialties - thus making it essential... Read more
Introduction: The Birth of Mitochondrial Medicine. The Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain and its Disorders. Mitochondrial Neurology I. Mitochondrial Neurology II - Myopathies and Peripheral Neuropathies. Mitochondrial Cardiology. Mitochondrial Ophthalmology. Mitochondrial Gastroenterology. Mitochondrial Otology. Mitochondrial Endocrinology. Mitochondrial Nephrology. Mitochondrial Haematology and Oncology. Mitochondrial Reproductive Medicine. Mitochondrial Psychiatry. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Therapeutic Approaches Index and Bibliographies
Biography
Salvatore DiMauro MD, Lucy G Moses Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center, New York. Michio Hirano MD, Associate Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center New York. Eric A Schon PhD, Lewis P Rowland Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Professor of Genetics and Development (in Neurology) Department of Genetics and Development Columbia University Medical Center New York.
