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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....

Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Springer, 2007

Over the past decades the medical care of the patient with cardiovascular disease (CVD) has shown an impressive development, with marked positive consequences for mortality, morbidity, and the quality of life of coronary patients. This improvement has profoundly changed the arena in which cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been acting...

Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight (Ophthalmology Research)

Humana Press, 2007

The history of medicine has been substantially defined by a small number of monumental discoveries. Most of these breakthroughs have emerged from the biological sciences. One of the first great breakthroughs was the recognition by Koch in 1884 that pathogens could be transmitted from one living organism to another to cause disease....

Multiple Sclerosis

Demos Medical Publishing, 2005

Education about multiple sclerosis has traditionally been medically oriented and related to disease and dysfunction. In contrast, this brand-new second edition of the Guide continues to focus on staying well in the presence of MS, a disease that - while incurable - can be managed. The book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to MS and...

Leptin (Endocrine Updates)

Springer, 2006

The discovery of leptin by Friedman and his colleagues in 1994 was a seminal discovery in the study of metabolism, providing a new tool to study energy expenditure and appetite regulation. Early studies actively investigated many aspects of metabolism, obesity, and diabetes but it was soon evident that leptin was much more than...

Signal Processing, Perceptual Coding and Watermarking of Digital Audio: Advanced Technologies and Models (Premier Reference Source)

IGI Global, 2011

The availability of increased computational power and the proliferation of the Internet have facilitated the production and distribution of unauthorized copies of multimedia information. As a result, the problem of copyright protection has attracted the interest of the worldwide scientific and business communities. The most...

Mortality and Maldevelopment: Part I: congenital cardiovascular malformations (Pt. 1)

Springer, 2007

Despite intense study during the 20th century, at its end the causes of the great majority of congenital malformations were still unknown. Several means had been used to try to remedy this unsatisfactory situation, a major one being the epidemiological approach, that is, by analyzing patterns of occurrence and association....

Sertoli Cell Biology (Vol 1)

Academic Press, 2004

In 1993 Lonnie Russell and Michael Griswold edited a book titled The Sertoli Cell, which has served as a major resource for investigators interested in male reproduction. It is appropriate that now—more than 10 years later—the advances in this field are summarized in this new text. It is also appropriate that...

Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases

Humana Press, 2006

The first bacterial genome, Haemophilus influenzae, was completely sequenced, annotated, and published in 1995. Today, more than 200 prokaryotic (archaeal and bacterial) genomes have been completed and over 500 prokaryotic genomes are in various stages of completion. Seventeen eukaryotic genomes plus four eukaryotic chromosomes...

Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide (Contemporary Endocrinology)

Humana Press, 2003

The aim of Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide is to provide practical detailed and concise guidelines for the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders. The audience is thus all those pediatric endocrinologists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians who provide medical care for children...

Algebra: Introductory and Intermediate

Brooks Cole, 2006

The fourth edition of Algebra: Introductory and Intermediate examines the fundamental ideas of algebra. Recognizing that the basic principles of geometry are a necessary part of mathematics, we have also included a separate chapter on geometry (Chapter 3) and have integrated geometry topics, where appropriate, throughout the...

Skeletal Trauma: Fractures, Dislocations, Ligamentous Injuries (2-Volume Set)

Saunders, 2003

The first edition of Skeletal Trauma: Fractures, Dislocations, Ligamentous Injuries was written between 1988 and 1991. This represented a unique window for the creation of this text, coinciding with the increased recognition of the special needs of trauma victims. By the mid-1980s, more than 500 regional trauma centers had...

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