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Glew, Robert H., PhD(Univ of New Mexico); Ninomiya, Yoshifumi, MD, PhD(Okayama Univ Medical School)
The contributors represent the specialties of biochemistry, pediatrics, endocrinology/metabolism, gastroenterology, molecular biology, and pathology. Most are from hospitals and universities in the U.S., Japan, Canada, the U.K., and Sweden. Institutions prominently represented include Johns Hopkins, Univ of Tennessee, Univ of New Mexico, Toshiba General Hospital, and Univ of Manitoba.

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I. Introduction
Glew, Robert H., PhD (Univ of New Mexico); Ninomiya, Yoshifumi, MD, PhD (Okayama Univ Medical School)
The contributors represent the specialties of biochemistry, pediatrics, endocrinology/metabolism, gastroenterology, molecular biology, and pathology. Most are from hospitals and universities in the U.S., Japan, Canada, the U.K., and Sweden. Institutions prominently represented include Johns Hopkins, Univ of Tennessee, Univ of New Mexico, Toshiba General Hospital, and Univ of Manitoba.

Table of Contents



I. Nucleic Acids, Viruses and Protein Structure and Function


1. Creatine Kinase Isoenzymes and the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction (Mercer/Varat/Amory)

2. Hereditary Spherocytosis (Ideguchi)

3. Fragile X Syndrome (Narahara/Yokoyama)

4. Human Immunodefeciency Viruses and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Jenison/Hjelle)

5. Pertussis (Kaslow/Pichichero)

6. Fulminant Hepatitis B (Mishiro/Kanai/Kojima)

7. Sickle Cell Anemia (Charache/Scott-Emuakpor)


II. Metabolism and Energetics


8. Glucose 6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (Beutler/Laubscer)

9. Neonatal Hypoglycemia (Holzman/Milley)

10. Jaundice and Gallstone Disease (Tazuma/Kajiyama)

11. Pernicious Anemia (VanderJagt/McCarthy)

12. Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency

13. Biotin and Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency (Dakshinamurti)

14. Lactose Intolerance (Woodfin/Arora)

15. Systemic Carnitine Deficiency (Paul/Sekas)

16. Diabetes Mellitus (Kitabchi/Fisher)


III. Metabolism of Complex Molecules


17. Rhabdomyolysis (Murakami)

18. Abetalipoproteinemia: A Disorder of Lipoprotein Assembly (Remaley/Buley)

19. Low-density Lipoprotein Receptors and Familial Hypercholesterolemia (Margolis)

20. Alport Syndrome (Hereditary Nephritis) (Tryggvason/Ninomiya)

21. Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (Reyes/Galey)

22. Lead Poisoning (Endo/Taketani)

23. Peroxisomal Disorders: Zellwger Syndrome and Adrenoleukodystropht (Suzuki/Orii)

24. Inborn Errors of Urea Synthesis (Brusilow)

25. Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (Sharp/Schwarzenberg)

26. GaucherDisease: A Sphingolipidosis (Scariano/Glew)

27. I-Cell Disease (Chambers/Williams)

28. Atypical Phenylketonuria (Remaley)


IV. Steroids


29. Cushing's Syndrome (Vela)

30. Rickets and Vitamin D (Chesney)


V. Aspects of Infection and Pharmacology


31. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and Hypertension (Traub/Shapiro)

32. Chronic Granulomatous Disease (Thrasher/Segal)