This monograph fills a wide information gap for the clinician and researcher alike. Containing numerous clinical photographs, statistical data, and concise descriptions of the initial mucocutaneous sy...
Cancer and other genetic human diseases are caused by a variety of mutations, ranging from subtle sequence changes to larger genomic rearrangements and alterations in chromosome number (aneuploidy). W...
Bridging the gap between the pediatric specialist unaccustomed to handling neurovascular pathologies and the neurovascular specialist unaccustomed to treating pediatric patients, this text covers the ...
n this fourth volume in the prestigious "New Horizons" series, key aspects of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and the dyslipidemias as well as the nature of the interfaces among them are explored, wit...
A comprehensive overview of recent advances, from current basic research and epidemiology, to novel therapeutic strategies and clinical management. Here, the leading scientists who have made major adv...
This book provides a comprehensive overview of epidemiologic, experimental, and clinical data evidencing the emergence of cardiac psychology as a specialty. It offers a thorough and up-to-date review ...
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This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population in 2004. Consistent and comparative description of the burden of diseases and injuries is an important input to ...
Abbreviationa.- Introduction.- Dupuytren's disease - a historical overview.- Epidemiology.- Theories concerning etiology and pathogenesis.- Ground substance and cells of the extracellular matrix.- Sub...
An aid to solving the diagnostic problems posed by oral diseases, primarily for practicing dentists, specialists in oral medicine, oral pathologists and surgeons, dermatologists, and otorhinolaryngolo...
This volume comprises the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Minimal Residual Disease in Melanoma, held in Homburg/Saar, Germany in September 1999. Containing contributions by 24 reno...
This field manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by aff...
This publication is organized in an exceptional way: each chapter introduces several completed clinical trials and provides the original conclusions and discussions of the results. The authors then co...
Vitreoretinal disease is the leading cause of severe vision loss in most developed countries. This all-encompassing new book is designed to enhance diagnosis and treatment of retinal pathology as you ...
There has been an increasing appreciation of the economic and human toll that age-related disorders take throughout the world. Unprecedented research efforts have followed, aiming at the understanding...
Neurons share more similarities with insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells than with any other cell type. The root of this similarity may lie in the islet’s evolution from an ancestral insulin-prod...
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Western countries. In non-fatal cases, they are associated with a decreased quality of life as well as a substantial economic burden to societ...
Etiology and Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease' represents a new concept in periodontology with its pronounced focus on understanding through knowledge rather than presenting the present valid answe...
An optimal supply of vitamins, minerals and trace elements can evoke a positive change in the biochemical and metabolic processes that take place in the body. The application of this knowledge has le...
The Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore hosted a research program on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Dynamics and Control from 15 August to 9 Octo...
This 'cooking book' - atlas for Herpetic Eye Disease supports the reader to find a better understanding for this eye disease. The content of this atlas is based on nearly four decades of practical and...
This new and unique clinical resource offers rapid access to high-quality images covering a broad spectrum of paediatric and adult cardiac pathologies visualized using MRI and CT. Key images of each c...
Cardiac surgery is one of the supreme arts in medicine, and pediatric cardiac surgery is even more so. Both have steadily been refined over the last half-century in Japan, where surgical innovations a...
Leading experts provide timely and comprehensive information on methods for conditional mutagenesis in the mouse (part 1) and their application to model human physiology and pathophysiology (part 2). ...
Early and accurate diagnosis forms the basis for successful treatment of patients with liver tumors. Pre- and post-therapeutic imaging techniques, such as ultrasound, CT, and MRI imaging-unenhanced as...
Despite remarkable therapeutic achievements in medicine, cardiovascular diseases remain the major cause of death in the new millennium. The cardiovascular disease continuum starts with risk factors su...
Reprints of research articles on myocardial hibernation, myocardial stunning, and ischemic preconditioning, for investigators. Originally published in the journal Basic Research in Cardiology. 74 cont...
This text presents a personal viewpoint of the relationship between the occlusive coronary thrombus and acute myocardial infarction based on more than 40 years of morphological studies. This volume ta...
This book describes our current understanding of the transport of ions, amino acids, nucleosides, sugars, water and gases across the red blood cell membrane. It also outlines the necessary theoretical...
It is well-known that the daily diet plays an important role in the preservation and integrity of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease. However, there currently exists some confusion...