Physicians Guide to the Treatment and Follow-Up of Metabolic Diseases
Publication year: 2006
: 978-3-540-28962-3
Until the mid-twentieth century, hereditary metabolic and other genetic diseases were considered to be purely “genetic” problems. Destiny would take its course, treatment did not exist, and genetic counseling about recurrence risks was virtually all that could be offered. Phenylketonuria (PKU) was then shown to be a treatable genetic disease in which early diagnosis and effective treatment prevented the disease (mental retardation) in PKU. Other genetic diseases for which an environmental experience was an essential component of cause (e. g. , exposure to a dietary component or a drug) were then seen to yield to treatment.
: Medicine, Insulin, Internist, biosynthesis, carbohydrate, genetics, lipoprotein, management, metabolic disease, metabolic disorder, metabolism, mitochondria, protein, steroid, therapy, treatment
