Huntington's Disease
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2009
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-7910-9586-7 (ISBN)
Description
Huntington's disease, or Huntington's chorea, is a progressive genetic disease marked by death of brain cells coupled with loss of muscular control and coordination, declining mental abilities, and erratic behavior. Currently, this form of dementia has no cure. ""Huntington's Disease"" introduces this disease, detailing its history and progression, and discusses the search for the gene that causes it and the development of genetic tests for the gene. This title also addresses the ethical questions of testing people for a disease whose symptoms typically develop later in life.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Illustrations
full-colour photographs & illustrations, sidebars, further reading, web sites, references, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7910-9586-7 (9780791095867)
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Person
David M. Lawrence has worked as a scientist and journalist, and holds master's degrees in geography and journalism. He has worked as an independent researcher and research assistant in forest ecology and dendrochronology at a number of institutions, including Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and has served as a reporter, editor, and producer at daily newspapers and Web sites in Louisiana, New Jersey, and Virginia. He is author of the book Upheaval from the Abyss: Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution. Some of his shorter works have appeared in the periodicals The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Disease, Mercator's World, Vegetarian Times, and Woods Hole Currents, and in the books The Science of Dune and The Science of Michael Crichton. He lives in Virginia.