Editors: T. Yee Khong, Eoghan E. Mooney, Peter G. J. Nikkels, Terry K. Morgan, Sanne J. Gordijn 2019 The placenta is one of the most misunderstood and neglected tissues in anatomical pathology. It is a transient organ lasting only for the duration of a pregnancy and yet is of immense value to clinicians in understanding […]
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Editors: Cecilia C. S. Yeung, Howard M. Shulman 2019 In 45 years, HSCT has emerged from a last-ditch experimental effort to cure hematologic malignancies into an established treatment with hundreds of transplant centers throughout the world. Despite the numerous technological advances leading to successful outcomes, GVHD with its associated immunodeficiency and infectious vulnerability remains the […]
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Editors: Maria Assunta Cova, Fulvio Stacul 2019 A Clinical-Radiological Approach to Pain Diagnosis Pain can be a major clinical challenge. Its correct assessment is often related to a careful analysis of the patient history, to an accurate physical examination, to the evaluation of laboratory data, and to an appropriate referral to diagnostic imaging. This book […]
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Editor Prashanth Panta 2019 Novel Strategies and Clinical Impact More than 90% of all oral cancers are oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) that arise from oral epithelium. Although OSCCs are superficial cancers, highly accessible to clinicians, they are often discovered late (stage III–IV)! Interestingly, OSCCs develop within an established group of conditions referred to as […]
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Editors: Michelangelo Bartolo, Riccardo Soffietti, Martin Klein 2019 The physical, cognitive, and psychosocial disorders of patients with brain tumors are numerous: in addition to neurological disorders, patients are confronted with limitations in sensory, motor, and cognitive functions as well as depression, anxiety, and fatigue as common consequences of brain tumors and their treatments. Since these […]
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Editors: Silvana Galderisi, Lynn E. DeLisi, Stefan Borgwardt 2019 The project of a book on the state of the art of neuroimaging in schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders matured within the activities of the Section on Neuroimaging in Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association. Deciding the focus was not an easy task, in the […]
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Editor Pauline M. Camacho 2019
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Matjaž Zwitter 2019 In a concise phrase, the message of this book is: how to be a good physician Many have written about ethics: philosophers, theologians, journalists, politicians, economists, and others. This book about ethics is written by a physician. Day by day, year by year, physicians experience the distress of people who find themselves at […]
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Editors: Tomoaki Ikeda, Chizuko Aoki-Kamiya 2019 The advance in medical and surgical treatments for congenital heart disease has allowed many women with congenital heart disease to reach adulthood with less limitation of motility. Inherited diseases, such as channelopathies and heritable connective tissue disorders, have been able to be diagnosed in youth by genetic tests. Social […]
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Editors: Alejandro M. Spiotta, Raymond D. Turner, M. Imran Chaudry, Aquilla S. Turk 2019 A Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Approach This volume attempts the daunting task of bringing the reader (student, resident, fellow, or specialized attending) “up to speed” in both foundational and cuttingedge concepts in the medical and surgical/endovascular management of patients with cerebrovascular diseases. Every author […]
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