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Quality of Life and Human Difference: Genetic Testing, Health Care, and Disability

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Genetic technology has enabled us to test fetuses for an increasing number of diseases and impairments. On the basis of this genetic information, prospective parents can predict – and prevent – the birth of children likely to have those conditions. In developed countries, prenatal genetic testing has now become a...

Insulin Resistance: Insulin Action and its Disturbances in Disease

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Hormone resistance syndromes are typically thought of as rare, usually genetic, disorders with a severe but relatively stereotyped clinical and biochemical profile. While there are syndromes of severe insulin resistance that conform to this description, defective insulin action is of much more pervasive biomedical importance....

Primary Intraocular Lymphoma

World Scientific Publishing, 2007

In medicine and science, two inseparable sisters, a modern renaissance has occurred in which the pursuit of knowledge has provided the world with fascinating discoveries and answers to age-old questions. Perhaps one of the most shining and striking moments in this modern renaissance was the elucidation of the human genome. From...

Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007

Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax was first published 21 years ago; it has been 7 years since the publication of the third edition. In retrospect it is truly amazing how much has changed...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites

Academic Press, 1995

The study of parasitic organisms at the molecular level has yielded fascinating new insights of great medical, social, and economical importance, and has pointed the way for the treatment and prevention of the diseases they cause. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites presents an up-to-date account of this modern scientific...

Andrology, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, 1e (The Clinics: Internal Medicine)

Saunders, 2007

This issue of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America focuses on metabolic diseases and disorders unique to the male body, with an eye toward diagnosis and treatment options. Topics include evaluation and treatment of hypogonadism, andropause, & PADAM; erectile dysfunction=endothelial dysfunction; osteoporosis in men;...

Rabies

Academic Press, 2002

Rabies offers a complete account of one of the oldest known diseases threatening public health today. Unlike most research-oriented descriptions of rabies, this book provides a narrative about the disease and its etiologic agent, encompassing the historical background to recent developments. The emphasis on the basic biology and...

Iminosugars: From Synthesis to Therapeutic Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

The field of iminosugars is a very exciting area of research. These carbohydrate mimetics were first imagined and synthesized by chemists in the 1960s before being isolated from Nature a few years later. Since the discovery of their biological activity as potent glycosidase inhibitors in the 1970s, iminosugars have been the subject...

Essentials of Apoptosis: A Guide for Basic and Clinical Research

Humana Press, 2003

Life and death are topics that no one takes lightly. In the cell, death by apoptosis is just as fundamental as proliferation for the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis. Too much or too little apoptosis can lead to developmental abnormality, degenerative diseases, or cancers. Although apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD),...

New Methods for Culturing Cells from Nervous Tissues: (Biovalley Monographs,)

Karger, 2005

The last decades have seen the rise of neuroscience to one of the most dynamic biomedical disciplines. With the development of powerful new techniques it has been possible to investigate specific physiological and pathological neural mechanisms and thus to elucidate the etiology of many neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.This first...

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Birkh?user Advances in Infectious Diseases)

Birkhauser, 2007

Community-acquired pneumonia is a disease of high morbidity and mortality. Demographic changes in industrialised countries with a growing population of elderly persons will add to its significance. In the last years much progress in the field of community-acquired pneumonia has been achieved. Vaccination programs against...

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Companion Handbook

McGraw-Hill, 1998

This handbook accompanies the first edition of our text Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. The purpose of the handbook is to provide an on-the-spot summary of the clinical problem for the student, resident, or clinician. The handbook does not replace the text. Rather, it addresses the need for a more...

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