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CANAVAN DISEASE
A Bibliography, Medical Dictionary,
and
Annotated Research Guide to Internet References


(ACY2 deficiency; aminoacylase-2 deficiency; aspartoacylase deficiency; Canavan's leukodystrophy; Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease; spongy degeneration of cerebral white matter; spongy degeneration of the central nervous system; spongy degeneration of the neuroaxis; van Bogaert-Bertrand syndrome)

 

 

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Pages  :  68
Price  :  $28.95(USD)
ISBN  :  0497002019
Published  :  2004
 
 
   Synopsis
 

In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. Since only the smallest fraction of information dealing with Canavan disease is indexed in search engines, such as www.google.com or others, a non-systematic approach to Internet research can be not only time consuming, but also incomplete. This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.

 
   Related Conditions/Synonyms
 

ACY2 deficiency; aminoacylase-2 deficiency; aspartoacylase deficiency; Canavan's leukodystrophy; Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease; spongy degeneration of cerebral white matter; spongy degeneration of the central nervous system; spongy degeneration of the neuroaxis; van Bogaert-Bertrand syndrome

 
 

 Description

 

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to Canavan disease. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to Canavan disease. If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

 

 

 Table of Contents

 

Forward

Chapter 1. Studies on Canavan Disease

Overview

The Combined Health Information Database

Federally Funded Research on Canavan Disease

The National Library of Medicine: PubMed

Chapter 2. Patents on Canavan Disease

Overview

Patent Applications on Canavan Disease

Keeping Current

Appendix A. Physician Resources

Overview

NIH Guidelines

NIH Databases

Other Commercial Databases

Appendix B. Patient Resources

Overview

Patient Guideline Sources

Finding Associations

Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries

Overview

Preparation

Finding a Local Medical Library

Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada

ONLINE GLOSSARIES

Online Dictionary Directories

CANAVAN DISEASE DICTIONARY

INDEX

 
 

 Excerpt (Introduction)

 

In addition to offering a structured and comprehensive bibliography, this medical reference on Canavan disease will quickly direct you to resources and reliable information on the Internet, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. Public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research studies are emphasized. Various abstracts are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date. Abundant guidance is given on how to obtain free-of-charge primary research results via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this book are fully interactive with the Internet. For readers unfamiliar with the Internet, detailed instructions are offered on how to access electronic resources. For readers unfamiliar with medical terminology, a comprehensive glossary is provided. For readers without access to Internet resources, a directory of medical libraries, that have or can locate references cited here, is given. We hope these resources will prove useful to the widest possible audience seeking information on Canavan disease.

 
 

 Words Defined in the Vocabulary Builders

 
 
     
A Extracellular Matrix Pathologic
Acetylcholine F Peptide
Acidemia Family Planning Peripheral Nervous System
Adrenal Glands Fat Pharmacologic
Adverse Effect Fetus Phosphorous
Aerobic Fibroblasts Phosphorus
Aetiology G Pilot study
Airway Ganglia Plasma
Alleles Gas Plasma cells
Amino Acid Sequence Gene Plasmid
Amino Acids Genes, pol Pneumonia
Amnion Genetic Code Polymerase
Amniotic Fluid Genetic Screening Polymorphism
Anesthesia Glutamic Acid Polypeptide
Animal model Glycine Postnatal
Antibacterial Glycoproteins Practice Guidelines
Antibiotic Glycosidic Precursor
Antibodies Governing Board Prenatal
Antigen H Prenatal Diagnosis
Aqueous Heredity Presynaptic
Aspartate Heterozygotes Progression
Attenuated Histology Progressive
Atypical Homologous Promoter
B Hydrogen Protease
Bacteria Hydrolysis Proteins
Base Hypotonia Protocol
Bile I Psychic
Biochemical Immune response Public Policy
Biological Transport Impairment R
Biopsy Incision Radiological
Biopsy specimen Infancy Radiology
Bladder Infantile Randomized
C Integrase Recombinant
Carcinogenic Invasive Recombination
Case report Ions Refer
Case series K Refraction
Catalytic Domain Karyotypes Regimen
Cell Kb Rehabilitative
Cell Respiration L Retroperitoneal
Central Nervous System Lesion Rhabdoid tumor
Chin Life Expectancy S
Chromosomal Linkages Screening
Chromosome Lipid Segregation
Clinical Medicine Liposomal Serotonin
Clinical study Liver Side effect
Clinical trial Localization Skeletal
Collagen Localized Specialist
Computational Biology Lymphoid Spectrum
Contraindications, ii M Sperm
Crossing-over Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spinal cord
D Malignant Stimulus
Deletion Malignant tumor Substance P
Dentists MEDLINE Substrate
Diagnostic procedure Megalencephaly Synaptic
Diffusion Meninges T
Digestion Mental, iv Tissue
Dilution Mental Retardation Tone
Direct, iii Metabolite Tonus
Dopamine Microbiology Toxic, iv
Drive, ii, vi Mitochondria Toxicology
E Molecular Transcriptase
Efficacy Molecule U
Electrons Myelin Urethra
Embryo N Urinary
Encapsulated Nervous System Urine
Endogenous Neural V
Endorphins Neuraminidase Vaccine
Enkephalins Neurotransmitter Vector
Environmental Health Norepinephrine Veterinary Medicine
Enzymatic Nuclei Viral
Enzyme Nucleic acid Viral vector
Epinephrine O Virus
Excitation Oligosaccharides X
Exogenous Oral Health Xenograft
Extracellular P
 
 
 
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