Connective tissue and its heritable disorders : molecular, genetic, and medical aspects

Abstract

Partial table of contents: Principles of Medical Genetics Morphology of Connective Tissue Structure of the Skin and Tendon Structure of Cartilage Structure of Bone Collagen: Protein Elastin Proteoglycans and Glycoproteins Keratin Bone Extracellular Matrix Degradation The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum The Marfan Syndrome Disorders of Copper Transport: Menkes' Disease and the Occipital Horn Syndrome Prolidase Deficiency Osteopetrosis and the Heritable Forms of Rickets Alacaptonuria Fibrodyxplasia Ossificans Progressiva Disorders of Lysosomal Enzymes Chondrodysplasis Disorders of Keratinization.