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MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC SYNDROMES

THE MOST RECENT UPDATE TO ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL REFERENCES ON MEDICAL GENETICS

Cassidy and Allanson's Management of Genetic Syndromes, Fourth Edition is the latest version of a classic text in medical genetics. With newly covered disorders and cutting-edge, up-to-date information, this resource remains the most crucial reference on the management of genetic syndromes in the field of medical genetics for students, clinicians, caregivers, and researchers. The fourth edition includes current information on the identification of genetic syndromes (including newly developed diagnostic criteria), the genetic basis (including diagnostic testing), and the routine care and management for more than 60 genetic disorders.

Written by experts, each chapter includes sections on:

  • Incidence
  • Diagnostic criteria
  • Etiology, pathogenesis and genetics
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Differential diagnosis

  • Table of Contents

    Foreword to the Fourth Edition xi

    Foreword to the Third Edition xiii

    Foreword to the Second Edition xv

    Foreword to the First Edition xvii

    Preface xix

    List of Contributors xxi

    Introduction xxvii

    1 Aarskog Syndrome 1
    Roger E. Stevenson

    2 Achondroplasia 9
    Richard M. Pauli and Lorenzo Botto

    3 Alagille Syndrome 31
    Henry C. Lin and Ian D. Krantz

    4 Albinism: Ocular and Oculocutaneous Albinism and Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome 45
    C. Gail Summers and David R. Adams

    5 Angelman Syndrome 61
    Charles A. Williams and Jennifer M. Mueller-Mathews

    6 Arthrogryposis 75
    Judith G. Hall

    7 ATR-X: α Thalassemia/Mental Retardation-X-Linked 93
    Richard J. Gibbons

    8 Bardet–Biedl Syndrome 107
    Anne M. Slavotinek

    9 Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome and Hemihyperplasia 125
    Cheryl Shuman and Rosanna Weksberg

    10 Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome 147
    Maria Inês Kavamura and Giovanni Neri

    11 CHARGE Syndrome 157
    Donna M. Martin, Christine A. Oley, and Conny M. van Ravenswaaij-Arts

    12 Coffin–Lowry Syndrome 171
    R. Curtis Rogers

    13 Coffin–Siris Syndrome 185
    Tomoki Kosho and Noriko Miyake

    14 Cohen Syndrome 195
    Kate E. Chandler

    15 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome 207
    Antonie D. Kline and Matthew Deardorff

    16 Costello Syndrome 225
    Bronwyn Kerr, Karen W. Gripp, and Emma M.M. Burkitt Wright

    17 Craniosynostosis Syndromes 241
    Elizabeth J. Bhoj and Elaine H. Zackai

    18 Deletion 1p36 Syndrome 253
    Agatino Battaglia

    19 Deletion 4p: Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome 265
    Agatino Battaglia

    20 Deletion 5p Syndrome 281
    Antonie D. Kline, Joanne M. Nguyen, and Dennis J. Campbell

    21 Deletion 22q11.2 (Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome/DiGeorge Syndrome) 291
    Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, Stephanie Jeong, Michael-John McGinn II, Elaine H. Zackai, and Marta Unolt

    22 Deletion 22q13 Syndrome: Phelan–McDermid Syndrome 317
    Katy Phelan, R. Curtis Rogers, and Luigi Boccuto

    23 Denys–Drash Syndrome, Frasier Syndrome, and WAGR Syndrome (WT1-related Disorders) 335
    Joyce T. Turner and Jeffrey S. Dome

    24 Down Syndrome 355
    Aditi Korlimarla, Sarah J. Hart, Gail A. Spiridigliozzi, and Priya S. Kishnani

    25 Ehlers–Danlos Syndromes 389
    Brad T. Tinkle

    26 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 405
    H. Eugene Hoyme and Prachi E. Shah

    27 Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome 425
    Elizabeth A. Conover, Omar Abdul-Rahman, and H. Eugene Hoyme

    28 Fragile X Syndrome and Premutation-Associated Disorders 443
    Randi J. Hagerman

    29 Gorlin Syndrome: Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome 459
    Peter A. Farndon and D. Gareth Evans

    30 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 475
    Jonathan N. Berg and Anette D. Kjeldsen

    31 Holoprosencephaly 487
    Paul Kruszka, Andrea L. Gropman, and Maximilian Muenke

    32 Incontinentia Pigmenti 505
    Dian Donnai and Elizabeth A. Jones

    33 Inverted Duplicated Chromosome 15 Syndrome (Isodicentric 15) 515
    Agatino Battaglia

    34 Kabuki Syndrome 529
    Sarah Dugan

    35 47,XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) and Related X and Y Chromosomal Conditions 539
    Carole Samango-Sprouse, John M. Graham Jr, Debra R. Counts, and Jeannie Visootsak

    36 Loeys–Dietz Syndrome 563
    Aline Verstraeten, Harry C. Dietz, and Bart L. Loeys

    37 Marfan Syndrome 577
    Uta Francke

    38 Mowat–Wilson Syndrome 597
    David Mowat and Meredith Wilson

    39 Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 611
    Isis B.T. Joosten, Kees Okkersen, Baziel G.M. van Engelen, and Catharina G. Faber

    40 Neurofibromatosis Type 1 629
    David Viskochil

    41 Noonan Syndrome 651
    Judith E. Allanson and Amy E. Roberts

    42 Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Spectrum 671
    Koenraad Devriendt, Luc De Smet, and Ingele Casteels

    43 Osteogenesis Imperfecta 683
    An N. Dang Do and Joan C. Marini

    44 Pallister–Hall Syndrome and Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome 707
    Leslie G. Biesecker

    45 Pallister–Killian Syndrome 717
    Emanuela Salzano, Sarah E. Raible, and Ian D. Krantz

    46 Prader–Willi Syndrome 735
    Shawn E. McCandless and Suzanne B. Cassidy

    47 Proteus Syndrome 763
    Leslie G. Biesecker

    48 PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome 775
    Joanne Ngeow and Charis Eng

    49 Rett Syndrome 791
    Eric E. Smeets

    50 Robin Sequence 807
    Howard M. Saal

    51 Rubinstein–Taybi Syndrome 823
    Leonie A. Menke and Raoul C. M. Hennekam

    52 Silver–Russell Syndrome 837
    Emma L. Wakeling

    53 Smith–Lemli–Opitz Syndrome 851
    Alicia Latham and Christopher Cunniff

    54 Smith–Magenis Syndrome 863
    Ann C.M. Smith and Andrea L. Gropman

    55 Sotos Syndrome 895
    Trevor R.P. Cole and Alison C. Foster

    56 Stickler Syndrome 915
    Mary B. Sheppard and Clair A. Francomano

    57 Treacher Collins Syndrome and Related Disorders 927
    Marilyn C. Jones

    58 Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 Syndromes 937
    John C. Carey

    59 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 957
    Laura S. Farach, Kit Sing Au, and Hope Northrup

    60 Turner Syndrome 977
    Angela E. Lin and Melissa L. Crenshaw

    61 VATER/VACTERL Association 995
    Benjamin D. Solomon and Bryan D. Hall

    62 Von Hippel–Lindau Syndrome 1005
    Samantha E. Greenberg, Luke D. Maese, and Benjamin L. Maughan

    63 Williams Syndrome 1021
    Colleen A. Morris and Carolyn B. Mervis

    Index 1039

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      Book Synopsis
      MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC SYNDROMES

      THE MOST RECENT UPDATE TO ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL REFERENCES ON MEDICAL GENETICS

      Cassidy and Allanson's Management of Genetic Syndromes, Fourth Edition is the latest version of a classic text in medical genetics. With newly covered disorders and cutting-edge, up-to-date information, this resource remains the most crucial reference on the management of genetic syndromes in the field of medical genetics for students, clinicians, caregivers, and researchers. The fourth edition includes current information on the identification of genetic syndromes (including newly developed diagnostic criteria), the genetic basis (including diagnostic testing), and the routine care and management for more than 60 genetic disorders.

      Written by experts, each chapter includes sections on:

      • Incidence
      • Diagnostic criteria
      • Etiology, pathogenesis and genetics
      • Diagnostic testing
      • Differential diagnosis

      • Table of Contents

        Foreword to the Fourth Edition xi

        Foreword to the Third Edition xiii

        Foreword to the Second Edition xv

        Foreword to the First Edition xvii

        Preface xix

        List of Contributors xxi

        Introduction xxvii

        1 Aarskog Syndrome 1
        Roger E. Stevenson

        2 Achondroplasia 9
        Richard M. Pauli and Lorenzo Botto

        3 Alagille Syndrome 31
        Henry C. Lin and Ian D. Krantz

        4 Albinism: Ocular and Oculocutaneous Albinism and Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome 45
        C. Gail Summers and David R. Adams

        5 Angelman Syndrome 61
        Charles A. Williams and Jennifer M. Mueller-Mathews

        6 Arthrogryposis 75
        Judith G. Hall

        7 ATR-X: α Thalassemia/Mental Retardation-X-Linked 93
        Richard J. Gibbons

        8 Bardet–Biedl Syndrome 107
        Anne M. Slavotinek

        9 Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome and Hemihyperplasia 125
        Cheryl Shuman and Rosanna Weksberg

        10 Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome 147
        Maria Inês Kavamura and Giovanni Neri

        11 CHARGE Syndrome 157
        Donna M. Martin, Christine A. Oley, and Conny M. van Ravenswaaij-Arts

        12 Coffin–Lowry Syndrome 171
        R. Curtis Rogers

        13 Coffin–Siris Syndrome 185
        Tomoki Kosho and Noriko Miyake

        14 Cohen Syndrome 195
        Kate E. Chandler

        15 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome 207
        Antonie D. Kline and Matthew Deardorff

        16 Costello Syndrome 225
        Bronwyn Kerr, Karen W. Gripp, and Emma M.M. Burkitt Wright

        17 Craniosynostosis Syndromes 241
        Elizabeth J. Bhoj and Elaine H. Zackai

        18 Deletion 1p36 Syndrome 253
        Agatino Battaglia

        19 Deletion 4p: Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome 265
        Agatino Battaglia

        20 Deletion 5p Syndrome 281
        Antonie D. Kline, Joanne M. Nguyen, and Dennis J. Campbell

        21 Deletion 22q11.2 (Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome/DiGeorge Syndrome) 291
        Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, Stephanie Jeong, Michael-John McGinn II, Elaine H. Zackai, and Marta Unolt

        22 Deletion 22q13 Syndrome: Phelan–McDermid Syndrome 317
        Katy Phelan, R. Curtis Rogers, and Luigi Boccuto

        23 Denys–Drash Syndrome, Frasier Syndrome, and WAGR Syndrome (WT1-related Disorders) 335
        Joyce T. Turner and Jeffrey S. Dome

        24 Down Syndrome 355
        Aditi Korlimarla, Sarah J. Hart, Gail A. Spiridigliozzi, and Priya S. Kishnani

        25 Ehlers–Danlos Syndromes 389
        Brad T. Tinkle

        26 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 405
        H. Eugene Hoyme and Prachi E. Shah

        27 Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome 425
        Elizabeth A. Conover, Omar Abdul-Rahman, and H. Eugene Hoyme

        28 Fragile X Syndrome and Premutation-Associated Disorders 443
        Randi J. Hagerman

        29 Gorlin Syndrome: Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome 459
        Peter A. Farndon and D. Gareth Evans

        30 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia 475
        Jonathan N. Berg and Anette D. Kjeldsen

        31 Holoprosencephaly 487
        Paul Kruszka, Andrea L. Gropman, and Maximilian Muenke

        32 Incontinentia Pigmenti 505
        Dian Donnai and Elizabeth A. Jones

        33 Inverted Duplicated Chromosome 15 Syndrome (Isodicentric 15) 515
        Agatino Battaglia

        34 Kabuki Syndrome 529
        Sarah Dugan

        35 47,XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) and Related X and Y Chromosomal Conditions 539
        Carole Samango-Sprouse, John M. Graham Jr, Debra R. Counts, and Jeannie Visootsak

        36 Loeys–Dietz Syndrome 563
        Aline Verstraeten, Harry C. Dietz, and Bart L. Loeys

        37 Marfan Syndrome 577
        Uta Francke

        38 Mowat–Wilson Syndrome 597
        David Mowat and Meredith Wilson

        39 Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 611
        Isis B.T. Joosten, Kees Okkersen, Baziel G.M. van Engelen, and Catharina G. Faber

        40 Neurofibromatosis Type 1 629
        David Viskochil

        41 Noonan Syndrome 651
        Judith E. Allanson and Amy E. Roberts

        42 Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Spectrum 671
        Koenraad Devriendt, Luc De Smet, and Ingele Casteels

        43 Osteogenesis Imperfecta 683
        An N. Dang Do and Joan C. Marini

        44 Pallister–Hall Syndrome and Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome 707
        Leslie G. Biesecker

        45 Pallister–Killian Syndrome 717
        Emanuela Salzano, Sarah E. Raible, and Ian D. Krantz

        46 Prader–Willi Syndrome 735
        Shawn E. McCandless and Suzanne B. Cassidy

        47 Proteus Syndrome 763
        Leslie G. Biesecker

        48 PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome 775
        Joanne Ngeow and Charis Eng

        49 Rett Syndrome 791
        Eric E. Smeets

        50 Robin Sequence 807
        Howard M. Saal

        51 Rubinstein–Taybi Syndrome 823
        Leonie A. Menke and Raoul C. M. Hennekam

        52 Silver–Russell Syndrome 837
        Emma L. Wakeling

        53 Smith–Lemli–Opitz Syndrome 851
        Alicia Latham and Christopher Cunniff

        54 Smith–Magenis Syndrome 863
        Ann C.M. Smith and Andrea L. Gropman

        55 Sotos Syndrome 895
        Trevor R.P. Cole and Alison C. Foster

        56 Stickler Syndrome 915
        Mary B. Sheppard and Clair A. Francomano

        57 Treacher Collins Syndrome and Related Disorders 927
        Marilyn C. Jones

        58 Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 Syndromes 937
        John C. Carey

        59 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 957
        Laura S. Farach, Kit Sing Au, and Hope Northrup

        60 Turner Syndrome 977
        Angela E. Lin and Melissa L. Crenshaw

        61 VATER/VACTERL Association 995
        Benjamin D. Solomon and Bryan D. Hall

        62 Von Hippel–Lindau Syndrome 1005
        Samantha E. Greenberg, Luke D. Maese, and Benjamin L. Maughan

        63 Williams Syndrome 1021
        Colleen A. Morris and Carolyn B. Mervis

        Index 1039

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