Research Catalog

Title

Duchenne muscular dystrophy : advances in therapeutics / edited by Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Thomas A. Rando.

Publication

New York : Taylor & Francis, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Chamberlain, Jeffrey S.
• Rando, Thomas A.

Description

xxii, 461 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Neurological disease and therapy ; 79

Uniform Title

Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 79.

Subject

• Duchenne muscular dystrophy > Treatment
• Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne > therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Clinical overview of Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Richard T. Moxley III -- 2. The functional biology of dystrophin : structural components and the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Eijiro Ozawa -- 3. The functional biology of dystrophin : associated signaling pathways and potential targets for therapeutic intervention / Gayle Smythe, Steven J. Winder and Thomas A. Rando -- 4. Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy : diagnostic principles / H. B. Ginjaar, J. T. den Dunnen, E. Bakker and G. J. B. van Ommen -- 5. Mutation detection / Thomas W. Prior -- 6. Protein studies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Kathryn North and Sandra Cooper -- 7. Medical management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Roula Al-Dahhak and John T. Kissel -- 8. Rehabilitation management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Craig M. McDonald, Gregory T. Carter, Jay J. Han and Joshua O. Benditt -- 9. Orthopedic interventions in the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy : a review of current practice and clinical outcomes / Irwin M. Siegel and John D. Hsu -- 10. Therapeutic principles and challenges in Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Dominic J. Wells -- 11. Experimental pharmacologic therapies in Duchenne dystrophy : current clinical trials / Shannon L. Venance and Robert C. Griggs -- 12. Utrophin : the intersection between pharmacological and genetic therapy / Kelly J. Perkins and Kay E. Davies -- 13. Regenerative therapy / J. E. Morgan, Karima Brimah, C. A. Collins and T. A. Partridge -- 14. Cellular mediated delivery : the intersection between regenerative medicine and genetic therapy / K. Liadaki, F. Montanaro and L. M. Kunkel -- 15. Oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping and gene editing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Carmen Bertoni and Thomas A. Rando -- 16. The intravascular delivery of naked DNA for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Jon A. Wolff and Hans Herweijer -- 17. Adenoviral-mediated gene therapy / Laura Goldberg and Paula R. Clemens -- 18. Retroviridae-based gene transfer vectors in Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy / Michael L. Roberts, George Dickson and Michael Themis -- 19. Gene therapy of muscular dystrophy using adeno-associated viral vectors : promises and limitations / Michael J. Blankinship, Paul Gregorevic and Jeffrey S. Chamberlain -- 20. Regional and systemic gene delivery using viral vectors / Leonard T. Su and Hansell H. Stedman.

ISBN

0824723252 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005056854
• 9780824723255

OCLC

• ocm62326900
• SCSB-5239283

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries