Physician’s Guide to the Treatment and Follow-Up of Metabolic Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blau, Nenad (Editor), Leonard, James (Editor), Hoffmann, Georg F. (Editor), Clarke, Joe T. R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Metabolic diseases.; Pathology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Metabolic Diseases.; Human Genetics.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

The greatest dif?culty in life is to make knowledge effective, to convert it into practical wisdom. Sir William Osler. The inborn errors of metabolism, as a group of metabolic diseases, are re- tively rare and are sometimes called “orphan diseases. ” As a group, they account for about 1 in 2,500 bir...