Inborn Errors of Development: The Molecular Basis of Clinical Disorders of Morphogenesis

Disorders that affect tissue differentiation, organogenesis, and morphogenesis constitute a significant proportion of human hereditary diseases. Until very recently, however, their genetic causes and pathogenesis have been unknown. Now, with the elucidation of the molecular pathways that govern developmental processes and with advances in gene identification, the genetic bases of an increasing number of human disorders of development are being discovered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019514502X
• ISBN13: 9780195145021
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1120 Pages
• Weight: 7.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 11.3" x 8.8"