Jonathan R Seckl • Yves Christen Editors 2014 In the last two decades a plethora of studies have extended the classical genes adult environment paradigm of disease aetiology to include early life development (genes development environment). An early and powerful example comes from the epidemiological studies of Barker and colleagues linking low birth weight (a rather […]
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Elisabetta Baldi • Monica Muratori Editors 2014 The goal of male gametes is to deliver a fully intact and functioning paternal genome to the oocyte. To fulfill this aim, the process of chromatin maturation during spermiogenesis must be correctly completed to guarantee DNA protection during the long journey to reach the oocyte and to properly decondense and form […]
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Andrea R. Genazzani • Mark Brincat Editors 2014 Volume 1: From Symptoms to Therapies
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Jennifer E. Dietrich Editor 2014 A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians Female Puberty: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians is the first edition of what I hope will be many editions over the years to come. As Editor, I am honored to have had the opportunity to participate in the planning, initiation, development, writing, editing, and coordination of this project. […]
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Suzanne Rose Editor 2014 A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment Constipation is a very common symptom and although it rarely leads to decreased quantity of life, constipation can have a major impact on the quality of one’s life. Contrary to some common misperceptions, not all constipation can be attributed to the same etiology or pathophysiology. Sometimes individuals […]
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Mark A. Moyad 2014 Believe it or not, the completion of this book has always been close to the top of my so-called “bucket list” items. This might sound a bit overly profound or histrionic, but it is accurate. When I volunteered in the Urology Department at the University of Michigan at the age of 18 years and […]
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Donata Villani • Maria Vittoria Meraviglia Editors 2014 This book provides an updated review of the scientific literature on positional plagiocephaly, a subject that became topical after the publication of the 1992 AAP guidelines to prevent “sudden infant death syndrome,” and is partially based on a previous book published in the Italian language, whose boundaries are here well updated […]
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Christopher P. Coppola Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr. Ronald J. Scorpio Editors 2014 There are relatively few pediatric surgeons in the world. They tend to be concentrated in tertiary medical centers in metropolitan areas. Many large cities don’t have a pediatric surgeon of their own. This is a testament to the kind fact that most children will not need […]
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Patricia Carrascosa • Carlos Capuñay Carlos E. Sueldo • Juan Mariano Baronio 2014 It is with great pleasure that I introduce this book on virtual hysterosalpingography. Virtual hysterosalpingography (VHSG) is a new non-invasive diagnostic technique that allows the evaluation of the entire gynecologic tract in a single study, by combining the benefits of hysterosapingography with multidetector computer tomography […]
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Catherine N. Chinyama 2014 Radiology – Pathology – Risk Assessment The majority of textbooks on breast disease understandably concentrate on cancer and related prognostic factors, with minimal space devoted to benign conditions. With widespread use of screening mammography and improvements in imaging equipment, smaller and smaller cancers are being detected. This has also resulted in detection of indeterminate micro-calcification […]
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