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This book has been created for parents who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells parents where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to batten disease (also Batten disease; Batten-Mayou Syndrome; Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt's Disease; Batten-Vogt Syndrome; Jansky-Bielschowsky; Kufs' disease), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on batten disease. Given parents' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.

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This sourcebook has been created for parents who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells parents where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to batten disease, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on batten disease. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Batten Disease: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Batten Disease; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Batten Disease; Chapter 5. Books on Batten Disease; Chapter 6. Multimedia on Batten Disease; Chapter 7. Periodicals and News on Batten Disease; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Child's Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Child's Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; BATTEN DISEASE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Batten disease, Batten-Mayou Syndrome, Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt's Disease, Batten-Vogt Syndrome, Jansky-Bielschowsky, Kufs' disease, Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Juvenile Type, Spielmeyer-Vogt, Spielmeyer-Vogt Disease, Spielmeyer-Vogt-Batten Syndrome, Stengel-Batten-Mayou-Spielmeyer-Vogt-Stock Disease, Stengel's Syndrome.