Undiagnosed and Rare Diseases,An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

Robert M. Kliegman (Edited by), Brett J. Bordini (Edited by)

9780323711432, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 3 February 2020

240 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Lucky Jain, Drs. Robert Kliegman and Bret Bordini  have put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of undiagnosed and rare diseases in the neonate.  Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics:  Neonatal Liver Failure; Neonatal Autoinflammatory Disorders; Rare or Unusual Dermatologic Disorders In Neonates; Neonatal Immune Deficiency; Congenital Diarrhea Syndromes; Nonimmune Hydrops; DNA Depletion Syndromes; Genomic Approach to Dysmorphology Syndromes; Nonimmune Anemias; Severe Metabolic Crisis (Metabolic Acidosis, Unresponsive Hypoglycemia, Hyperammonemia); Heterotaxia Syndromes; Neonatal Appendicitis; Avoiding Diagnostic Errors in Neonatology; and Differentiating Congenital Myopathy from Congenital Muscular Dystrophy.  Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in the neonate.

Subject Areas: Paediatric medicine [MJW]