Progress in Heritable Soft Connective Tissue Diseases

Chapter 1: Structure, physiology and biochemistry of collagens (Michael J. Mienaltowski and David E. Birk)
Chapter 2: Basic components of connective tissues and extracellular matrix (Jaroslava Halper and Michael Kjaer)
Chapter 3: Proteoglycans and diseases of soft tissues (Jaroslava Halper)
Chapter 4: Advances in the use of growth factors for treatment of disorders of soft tissues (Jaroslava Halper)
Chapter 5: Clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of the Marfan syndrome (Jason R. Cook and Francesco Ramirez)
Chapter 6: Loeys-Dietz syndrome (Lut Van Laer, Harry Dietz and Bart Loeys)
Chapter 7: Connective Tissue Disorders and Cardiovascular Complications: The indomitable role of Transforming Growth Factor-beta signaling
(Jason B. Wheeler, John S.konomidis, and Jeffrey A. Jones)
Chapter 8: The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Fransiska Malfait and Anne De Paepe)
Chapter 9: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome associated with glycosaminoglycan abnormalities (Noriko Miyake, Tomoki Kosho, Naomichi Matsumoto)
Chapter 10: Cutis laxa (Miski Mohamed, Michiel Voet, Thatjana Gardeitchik and Eva Morava)
Chapter 11: Collagen type VI myopathies (Kate M.D. Bushby, James Collins and Debbie Hicks)
Chapter 12: Mouse Models in Tendon and Ligament Research (Michael J. Mienaltowski and David E. Birk)
Chapter 13: Connective tissue disorders in domestic animals (Jaroslava Halper)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940240774X
• ISBN13: 9789402407747
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"