M. Eisenmann-Klein · C. Neuhann-Lorenz (Eds.) 2008 “It is now Monday and we are in the second week of creation” Peter Sloterdijk just recently stated in his prize award speech for innovative publication management. Nanotechnology, biotechnology and gene technology are revolutionizing our scientific world as much as our every day life – comparable only to the changes at […]
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Ulrike Blume-Peytavi · Antonella Tosti David A. Whiting · Ralph M. Trüeb (Eds.) 2008 The ideal of lifelong beautiful hair, easy to grow or to eliminate, to pigment or to depigment, to newly create or simply to replace or rearrange, is of interest to anyone interested in hair growth and its disorders, or who has patients with hair problems. During […]
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Nenad Markovic • Olivera Markovic 2008
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Werner A. Kaiser 2008 A teacher of mine once said, “If we had a diagnostic method that enabled us to detect and remove all breast cancers 5 to 10 mm in size, we could practically eliminate breast cancer deaths.” Large screening studies in Scandinavia and other countries have documented the truth of this statement. The 20-year survival rate […]
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S. Grampp (Ed.) 2008 There is almost universal agreement among the clinical community that the measurement of bone mineral density in potentially healthy individuals is the only means of assessing fracture risk and skeletal status. In patients with risk factors, measurement of BMD adds substantially to the assessment of fracture risk.
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Editors: L.W. Brady H.-P. Heilmann M. Molls C. Nieder 2008 An Evidence-Based Approach For the past ten years there have been significant scientific advances in biological sciences and healthcare. At the same time, there has been increased accountability and, in some instances, attempts to ration services as a mechanism to accomplish this.
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O. Conneely, C. Otto Editors 2008 From Basic Science to Clinical Applications Steroid hormone receptors are important drug targets and have been the focus of basic and applied research for decades. Steroid hormone receptors act as ligand-dependent transcription factors. Upon ligand binding, the receptors bind to hormone responsive cis-acting DNA elements (HREs) in the nucleus and regulate the expression […]
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Edited by Andrea Dunaif R. Jeffrey Chang Stephen Franks Richard S. Legro 2008 Current Controversies, from the Ovary to the Pancreas This volume is based on the proceedings of the first annual Peacocks polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) Forum on Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies, October 6–9, 2005, Chateau de Vault de Lugny, Avallon, France. The Peacocks was […]
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Edited by CAROL J. LAMMI-KEEFE SARAH C. COUCH ELLIOT H. PHILIPSON 2008 Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy is written for the clinician and other healthcare professionals who treat and counsel pregnant women and women of childbearing age. Thus, physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurses, and dietitians, in particular, as well as dietetic students and graduate and medical students, will find […]
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A. Couture · C. Baud · J. L. Ferran M. Saguintaah · C. Veyrac 2008 The volume Gastrointestinal Tract Sonography in Fetus and in Children by A. Couture and co-workers is a beautiful, clear-cut diamond of the kind one very seldom encounters during the course of a professional life. It is a beautiful diamond because it is […]
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