Fanconi Anemia: Clinical, Cytogenetic and Experimental Aspects

ISBN-13: 9783642741814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 264 str.

Traute M. Schroeder-Kurth;Arleen D. Auerbach;Günter Obe

Opis

This monograph represents the first attempt to gather all aspects of Fanconi's anemia in one source. The editors are well-known for their continuous research in the field and have aptly brought together contributions containing the most up-to-date information available. The difficulties in differential diagnosis and treatment are covered; and the outlook for cure via bone marrow transplantation is included. This overview will interest specialists in human genetics as well as all those dealing with this disease.

Spis treści

I Clinical and Therapeutical Aspects.- International Fanconi Anemia Registry: First Report.- Fanconi Anemia in The Netherlands.- Clinical Aspects of a Cluster of 42 Patients in South Africa with Fanconi Anemia.- Therapeutic Aspects of Fanconi Anemia.- Bone Marrow Transplantation for Fanconi Anemia.- II Spontaneous and Induced Chromosomal Breakage for Diagnosis of Patients with Fanconi Anemia and Their Relatives.- Diepoxybutane Test for Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia.- Chromosomal Breakage in Response to Cross-linking Agents in the Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia.- Cytogenetic Studies in Fanconi Anemia: Induced Chromosomal Breakage and Cytogenetics of Leukemia.- Aplastic Anemia and Fanconi Anemia: Response of Lymphocytes to X-Rays and Mitomycin C.- Variation in Cellular Sensitivities Among Fanconi Anemia Patients, Non-Fanconi Anemia-Patients, Their Parents and Siblings, and Control Probands.- Significance of Cellular Sensitivity in a Group of Parents of Fanconi Anemia Patients.- Chromosomal Studies in Fanconi Anemia Heterozygotes.- III Investigations of the Defect in Fanconi Anemia Cells.- BrdU-Hoechst Flow Cytometry Links the Cell Kinetic Defect of Fanconi Anemia to Oxygen Hypersensitivity.- Oxygen Metabolism and Chromosomal Breakage in Fanconi Anemia.- Cellular Effects of Fanconi Anemia Genes and Their Correction by Microinjection.- Phenotypic and Genetic Heterogeneity in Fanconi Anemia, Fate of Cross-Links, and Correction of the Defect by DNA Transfection.- IV Complementation Studies in Fanconi Anemia.- Complementation Studies in Fanconi Anemia.- Complementation and Gene Transfer Studies in Fanconi Anemia.- Complementation Studies in Fanconi Anemia Using Cell Fusion and Microinjection of mRNA.- V Fanconi Anemia: The Family’s Point of View.- Fanconi Anemia: The Family’s Point of View.