BookToshitaka Oohashi, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Francesco Ramirez, Chad L. Barber, Fumio Otsuka, editors.
Summary: This textbook uses a case-study approach to present the core principles of biochemistry and molecular biology in the context of human disease to students who will be involved in patient care. The 29 clinical cases have been carefully selected to cover key scientific concepts and some common, and other not so common, diseases. While the principal focus is on topics relating to metabolic disease, further subjects such as connective tissue disorders, neurological disorders, auto-inflammatory disorders, infective diseases, and cancer are also addressed. Each chapter provides a specific patient report that includes the natural history, pertinent clinical laboratory data, physical findings, subsequent diagnosis, and therapy. This is followed by a comprehensive discussion of the normal biochemical processes and reactions pertaining to the case, along with the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease. Graphical diagrams are provided in each chapter for ease of comprehension.
Contents:
Part 1 Metabolic Disorders. Citrin deficiency"
Homocystinuria No Acquaintance
Phenylketonuria
Urea cycle disorders (such as defects of OTCD)"
Wilson disease
Diabetes Mellitus type I
Lipid storage disorder, namely Niemann-Pick C1 disease
Gaucher disease
Fabry disease
Mitochondrial disease (such as defects of MELAS)
Heme oxygenase deficiency
Collagen metabolism (such as OI)
Organic acid metabolism disorders
Part 2 Genetic Disorders. Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Fukuyama muscular dystrophy
Hemoglobin
Huntington disease
Anti-coagulant deficiency
Auto-inflammatory disorders
Cancer
Marfan syndrome
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Hepatitis virus C
Cytomegalovirus infection (especially congenital infection)
Addiction.