This is a book for practicing clinicians, particularly neurologists and clinical geneticists, about the commonest muscular dystrophy of adult life world wide, mytonic dystrophy. Chapters on the different aspects of management and therapy are written by world authorities on the topics: together, they represent the only comprehensive account for a condition which is currently very poorly managed because of its great variability. It should form part of any book list in neurology, muscle disease or genetics.

An eminent geneticist, veteran author, OMMG Series Editor, and noted archivist, Peter Harper presents a lively account of how our ideas and knowledge about human genetics have developed over the past century from the perspective of someone inside the field with a deep interest in its historical aspects. Dr. Harper has researched the history of genetics and has had personal contact with a host of key figures whose memories and experiences extend back 50 years, and he has interviewed and recorded conversations with many of these important geneticists. Thus, rather than being a conventional...

Das fur den Praktiker geschriebene Handbuch umreisst in einem I. Teil die allgemeinen genetischen Aspekte der humangenetischen Beratung. Der II. Teil wendet sich den einzelnen Organsystemen des menschlichen Korpers zu, wobei nicht nur die dort auftretenden Erbkrankheiten behandelt, sondern auch ihre Relevanz fur das allgemeine Krankheitsgeschehen und die Moglichkeiten ihrer Prophylaxe dargestellt werden. In einem abschliessenden Abschnitt wird die Bedeutung der humangenetischen Beratung fur das allgemeine Gesundheitsgeschehen umrissen. Die Besonderheiten des Buches liegen in der ausfuhrlichen...