Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4684-5304-1 (ISBN)
SECTION 1 BASIC RESEARCH IN ALS.- Deficient Repair of Alkylation Damage of DNA in Alzheimer’s Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cells.- Immunoglobulin-Mediated Cytotoxic Effect of ALS-Plasma Towards Erythrocytes: Reflexion of a Pathogenetic Mechanism?.- Differentiation of Human Muscle Cells in the Presence of Neuronal Conditioned Medium (NCM), Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Spinal Cord Cells (SC).- GM2 Gangliosidosis with a Motor Neuron Disease Phenotype: Clinical Heterogeneity of Hexosaminidase Deficiency Disease.- Proteases, Their Inhibitors and the Extracellular Matrix: Factors in Nerve-Muscle Development and Maintenance.- The Role of Axoplasmic Transport in the Restoration of Synaptic Transmission and in the Process of Sprouting During Nerve Regeneration.- Purification of a Survival Factor for Spinal Neurons from Mouse Salivary Gland.- Neurite-Promoting Factors for Spinal Neurons: Their Possible Importance for the Understanding of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and the Spinal Muscular Atrophies.- Human Spinal Cord Neurons in Culture as a Tool to Study Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Autoimmune Involvement in Motor Neurone Disease.- Cytotoxicity of Serum from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients on Spinal Cord Cells in Culture.- ALS Cerebrospinal Fluid Enhances Human Foetal Astroglial Cell Proliferation in Vitro.- The Electromyographic, Physiopathogenetic Evaluation of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- The Pathogenetic Role of Metals in Motor Neuron Disease -The Participation of Aluminum.- SECTION 2 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS.- The Syndromic Nature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Familial ALS: Clinical, Genetic and Morphological Features.- Light and Ultrastructural Studies in Sural Biopsies of the Pseudopolyneuropathic Form of ALS.- Prosody Alterations inAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Analysis of Extrinsic Factors Affecting Pallestesic Threshold (vt) of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients.- Spinal Cord Electrophysiological Activities After Small Doses of TRH in Control Subjects and ALS Patients.- Osmotic Haemolysis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Some Remarks on Lung Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- CT-Scanning of Skeletal Muscles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Immunological Assessment in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).- Changes in the Normal Pattern of H-Reflex Inhibition during Muscle Release in ALS.- Atypical Forms of Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- SECTION 3 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ALS.- The Management of Motor Neurone Disease.- The Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Nutritional Supplements in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Respiratory Monitoring and Treatment: Objective Treatments Using Non-Invasive Measurements.- Management of Bulbar Symptoms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Clinico-Pathological Studies of Long Survival ALS Cases Maintained by Active Life-Support Measures.- First Results with Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.- Home Nursing Care by Families for Severely Paralyzed ALS Patients.- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Techniques for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- SECTION 4 THERAPEUTIC TRIALS.- A Study of Prognostic Factors in Motor Neuron Disease.- Therapeutic Trials in ALS - The Design of a Protocol.- Attempted Treatment of Motor Neuron Disease with N-Acetylcysteine and Dithiothreitol.- Therapeutic Trial with N-Acetylcysteine in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- A Follow-up Electromyographic Investigation of ALS Patients Treated with High Dosage Gangliosides.- A Therapeutic Trial of a Thymic Factor in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).- Antiviral Therapy.- Therapeutic Trial of Intrathecal Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) and a TRH-Analogue in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).- SECTION 5 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALS.- Psychological Preparation of the Physician for ALS Patients.- Psychodynamic Aspects in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).- Severity Stages of ALS and Psychological Management.- On Behalf of the Patient.- SECTION 6 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALS.- Motor Neuron Disease: Epidemiologic Studies.- Epidemiology of Motor Neuron Disease in North-East Veneto Region: Venice, Padua, and Belluno Provinces (1972-1981).- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Limousin (Limoges Area-France).- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Finland.- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Nova Scotia.
Reihe/Serie | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ; 209 |
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Zusatzinfo | XIII, 357 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4684-5304-1 / 1468453041 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4684-5304-1 / 9781468453041 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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