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Muscular Dystrophy

A Concise Guide

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  • Provides an overview of muscular dystrophy's features and treatment options

  • Clinical and scientific advances are presented along with the regulatory landscape for muscular dystrophy

  • Concise and practical guide for healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical executives and patient advocacy groups

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Introduction to Muscular Dystrophy

    • Raymond A. Huml
    Pages 1-3
  3. FSHD: The Most Common Type of Muscular Dystrophy?

    • Raymond A. Huml, Daniel P. Perez
    Pages 9-19
  4. Transition from Childhood to Adult in Patients with Muscular Dystrophy

    • Elba Yesi Gerena Maldonado, Kathryn R. Wagner
    Pages 55-64
  5. Physical Therapy and Orthotic Devices

    • Laura E. Case
    Pages 73-104
  6. Orthopaedic Management of the Child with Muscular Dystrophy

    • Robert K. Lark, Elizabeth W. Hubbard
    Pages 105-117
  7. Global Regulatory Landscape

    • Raymond A. Huml
    Pages 119-129
  8. U.S. Patient Advocacy Groups

    • Meredith L. Huml
    Pages 157-167
  9. Global and National Patient Registries

    • Raymond A. Huml
    Pages 169-174
  10. Summary

    • Raymond A. Huml
    Pages 175-179
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 181-191

About this book

This practical and concise guide offers an overview of muscular dystrophy's complicated features, treatment options and general resources. New treatments and a greater understanding of proteins and structures associated with MD are discussed along with long term patient care. Also included are clinical and developmental challenges within the current regulatory landscape and recent scientific and clinical advances. Muscular Dystrophy offers clinicians, researchers, pharmaceutical executives and patient advocacy groups an easy-to-read reference that provides the necessary perspectives of the care giver and patient.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biosimilars Center of Excellence, Quintiles, Inc., Durham, USA

    Raymond A. Huml

About the editor

Raymond A. Huml, MS, DVM, RAC, is Executive Director, Strategic Drug Development, in the Biosimilars Center of Excellence at Quintiles. He was recently the author of the SpringerBrief, Pharmaceutical Competitive Intelligence for the Regulatory Affairs Professional. He has recruited several prominent MD's to contribute chapters to Muscular Dystrophy: A Concise Guide.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Muscular Dystrophy

  • Book Subtitle: A Concise Guide

  • Editors: Raymond A. Huml

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17362-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17361-0Published: 30 July 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17362-7Published: 16 July 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 191

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurology, Pharmacotherapy, Medicine/Public Health, general

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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