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This text constitutes a comprehensive sinopsis of current knowledge of the genetics of Neurological Diseases.
The book presents the views from various disciplines who share a common interest on Neurogenetics. The first seven chapters review basic genetics, from historical aspects to molecular genetic tools, the internet resources, and the statistics and software used in research and clinical fields.
The remaining fourteen chapters provide valuable information on causes, clinical aspects, genetic diagnosis, treatment strategies and management of the main hereditary neurological disorders.
These chapters cover miscellaneous neurological diseases as well as those categorized into groups , review the genetics in each process and provide advice about the steps involved -to enable the clinician to make the clinical, genetic and differential diagnoses. Besides the practical nature of each chapter, the book aims to help neurologists to select the most appropriate test, and interpret the results within the context of the genetic evaluation of hereditary neurological disorders.