Dermatologic Complications with Body Art

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Christa De Cuyper, Maria Luisa Pérez-Cotapos S Editors 2010 Tattoos, Piercings and Permanent Make-Up Body art in its different forms dates back to ancient times. Body modification is a common human characteristic that has been practised on all continents and in all races. Specific types of body art have been associated with specific social, ethnic and religious societies.

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Crohn’s Disease

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Roberto Tersigni • Cosimo Prantera (Eds.) 2010 Several prominent members of our institution, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital of Rome, and of the University Faculty of Medicine of Rome, La Sapienza of Rome, joined together to present a book intended to provide a comprehensive discussion of Crohn’s disease. The result, “Crohn’s Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, attempts to systematically review all medical […]

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Clinician’s Manual on Intra-abdominal Infections

Clinician s Manual on Intra-abdominal Infections -1

Thomas L Husted Hannes Wacha Joseph S Solomkin 2010 Advances in medicine and medical technology have had a significant impact on the treatment of intra-abdominal infections, and have enabled less invasive procedures to be carried out. Nevertheless, surgical procedures are still recognized today, to be one of the most effective means to treat intra-abdominal infections.  

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Cardiac CT Imaging

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Matthew J. Budoff Jerold S. Shinbane Editors 2010 It is a testament to the intellect and diligence of the physician-scientists and engineers involved in the field of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography that a second edition of this text was necessary only four short years after the introduction of the first edition.  

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Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery

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William C. Wood  C. A. Staley John E. Skandalakis (Eds.) 2010 The old saying that “the best anatomist makes the best surgeon” is but a variation on the venerable saw that “you have to know the territory.” Neoplastic disease has no respect for anatomical boundaries, making detailed familiarity with anatomy that exists beyond the margins of a […]

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