NEUROMETABOLIC HEREDITARY DISEASES OF ADULTS

Describes only treatable inherited metabolic disease affecting the nervous system, to increase practical relevance to a general neurologist in everyday clinical practice Focus on diagnostic approach, monitoring and treatment Information on how to deal with diseases with special therapy High-quality brain MRI scans This practical book describes only neurometabolic hereditary diseases which have a specific treatment and encourages the general neurologist to think of the most common neurometabolic hereditary diseases, which he might have seen and never considered in the differential diagnosis. Information regarding how to deal with diseases with special therapy is provided (i.e. enzymatic replacement therapy in Fabry disease and Pompe disease), as is information on diseases that are not easily recognized (i.e. Niemann-Pick disease type C), and diseases with clinical features mimicking other common neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Wilson’s disease). Neurometabolic Hereditary Diseases is w