Description
This work is recognised as the standard textbook for professionals involved in the diagnosis and management of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) and an essential resource in this multidisciplinary field. For the 6th edition all 43 chapters have been newly written or revised by authors with particular expertise in their subject areas.
Contents: A clinical and biochemical approach to the recognition and diagnosis of IEM with algorithms to symptoms, signs, and syndromes in patients of all ages; Emergency treatments; Medications – Separate comprehensive sections on IEM of: Carbohydrates; Mitochondrial Energy; Amino and organic acids; Vitamin-responsive defects; Neurotransmitter and Small peptides, Lipid and Bile Acids; Nucleic Acid and Heme; Organelles – Disorders affecting the synthesis and remodelling of complex lipids and fatty acid homeostasis are now included.
Table of Contents
Section I Diagnosis and Treatment: General Principles.- Section II Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism.- Section III Disorders of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism.- Section IV Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism and Transport.- Section V Vitamin-Responsive Disorders.- Section VI Neurotransmitter and Small Peptide Disorders.- Section VII Disorders of Lipid and Bile Acid Metabolism.- Section VIII Disorders of Nucleic and Heme Metabolism.- 35 Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism.- 36 Disorders of Haem Biosynthesis.- Section IX Disorders of Metal Transport.- Section X Organelle-Related Disorders: Lysosomes, Peroxisomes, and Golgi and Pre-Golgi Systems.- Section XI Appendices.
