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Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005

Thoroughly revised for its Third Edition, this volume is the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary text on genitourinary cancers. This edition has two new editors—Frans M.J. Debruyne and W. Marston Linehan—and more than 50% new contributors. Seventeen new chapters cover familial prostate cancer, biology of bone...

Human Retroviral Infections: Immunological and Therapeutic Control

Springer, 2000

The mechanisms of disease production by infectious agents are presently the focus of an unprecedented flowering of studies. The field has undoubtedly received impetus from the considerable advances recently made in the understanding of the structure, biochemistry, and biology of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites....

Support of the Acutely Failing Liver, 2nd Edition (Tissue Engineering Intelligence Unit)

Landes Bioscience, 2000

Severe liver dysfunction results in massive physiologic derangement and high mortality. A concerted multidisciplinary effort is needed to support patients with severe acute liver failure (SALF) and treat them appropriately. This requires mobilization of significant resources. There is a need to put in place clinical teams to provide...

Integrating Employee Health: A Model Program for NASA

National Academy Press, 2005

The American workforce is changing, creating new challenges for employers to provide occupational health services to meet the needs of employees. First, a shift from manufacturing to services, knowledgecentered, and mobile work has changed the focus of occupational health from physical injury and exposure-related illness...

Rudolph's Pediatrics

McGraw-Hill, 2002

The 21st edition of Rudolph's Pediatrics continues a tradition of evolving and adapting to changes in pediatric medicine. Originally published in 1897 as Diseases of Infancy and Childhood,...

Brain Metastases (Cancer Treatment and Research)

Springer, 2007

Brain metastases are among the most feared and debilitating complication of systemic cancer. They impact approximately 170 000 patients a year in the United States, a number ten-fold greater than malignant gliomas. Historically, brain metastases were diagnosed in patients with widespread systemic malignancy. Recent improvements...

Handbook of Copper Pharmacology and Toxicology

Humana Press, 2002

Copper (Cu), an essential trace element, is required for the survival of organisms ranging from bacteria to mammals. Because Cu ions can adopt distinct redox states (oxidized Cu[II] or reduced Cu[I]), they play a pivotal role in cell physiology as catalytic cofactors in the redox chemistry of enzymes involved in a broad spectrum of...

Introduction to Risk Calculation in Genetic Counseling

Oxford University Press, 2006

The process of genetic counseling involves many key components, such as taking a family genetic history, making a diagnosis, and providing communication and support to the family. Among these core processes is the mathematical calculation of the actual risk of a possible genetic disorder. For most physicians and counselors, the mathematics...

Clinical Use of Pediatric Diagnostic Tests

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002

This book has been designed to help the practicing clinician to appropriately select and interpret diagnostic tests without the burden of information useful only to the pathologist or laboratory. In outline format with tables and charts, the book presents a large volume of information that can be quickly reviewed. The focus is on...

Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders (Clinical Physiology of Acid Base & Electrolyte Disorders)

McGraw-Hill, 2000

The fifth edition of Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders has been largely rewritten to include the many important advances that have been made and the controversies that have arisen in the past six years. As with the previous four editions, this book attempts to integrate the...

Tea: Bioactivity and Therapeutic Potential (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles)

CRC Press, 2002

The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is of particular importance to humans, and the consumption of tea has a long history of over 2000 years. Currently, tea is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. In recent years the subject of tea has attracted a great deal of attention. As well as the use of tea in traditional medicine, modern...

Cytokines and Chemokines in Infectious Diseases Handbook (Infectious Disease)

Humana Press, 2003

Cytokines and chemokines are an important class of effector molecules that play a fundamental role in orchestrating the innate and acquired immune responses needed to eliminate or wall off invading pathogens. In vitro and in vivo studies have been instrumental in revealing the complexity of the cytokine network and the many facets of...

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