Loren M. Fishman · Allen N. Wilkins 2011 Provocative Maneuvers in Electrodiagnosis In the course of electrodiagnostic examinations over what is, taken together, more than 30 years of practice, we have noticed changes in what were ostensibly immutable parameters. An individual’s nerve conduction velocities or occasionally absolute or interpeak latencies in somatosensory-evoked potentials seemed at times to vary with […]
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Dawn A. Marcus · Atul Deodhar 2011 Fibromyalgia affects about 2–3% of adults worldwide, with women affected three to six times as often as men. While fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder, patients with fibromyalgia typically present with a complicated constellation of painful and non-painful complaints, including disabling fatigue, sleep disturbance, and neuropsychological symptoms.
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John Dennison • Charles Oxnard • Peter Obendorf 2011 On 26 September 1936 the British Medical Journal reported: “The house of J. Springer, Berlin, notable for its scientific publications, issues the seventh volume of a series of monographs on topics of special interest to clinicians and pathologists… This little book is a valuable compendium of the latest views […]
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Rüdiger Müller • Johannes von Kempis 2011 The simple goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of clinical trials in rheumatology in an easily readable manner. The constantly growing and increasingly confusing multitude of clinical trials in inflammatory rheumatic diseases first gave us the idea.
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Edited by Syed A. Rizvi Patricia K. Coyle 2011 Immune activation of the central or peripheral nervous system (CNS or PNS) has been shown to play a key role in the pathogenesis of many neurological disorders. Basic concepts in Clinical Neuroimmunology have changed significantly during the last 10 years, and are constantly evolving.
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Peter P. Urban • Louis R. Caplan (Editors) 2011 Brainstem disorders may result in a broad spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms ranging from isolated signs, including vertigo, gait unsteadiness, and double vision, to complex clinical syndromes and life-threatening situations, such as basilar artery thrombosis.
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Robert S. Bonser • Domenico Pagano Axel Haverich (Editors) 2011 Volume 1 We welcome the reader to the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery series. These monographs have the objective to fully summarize the information available to date regarding particular facets of cardiac surgery – indications, operative techniques, pre-operative care, post-operative outcomes – so that the reader can have a […]
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John F. Kelly l William L. White Editors 2011 Theory, Research and Practice As a Senator, Barack Obama ruffled some feathers when he opined that eigth grade graduation ceremonies were overblown because the kids “weren’t done yet.” Years later, when we had the privilege to work for President Obama in the White House Office of National Drug Control […]
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Monika Scha¨fer-Korting Editor 2010 The Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology is regarded as “one of the most authoritative and influential book series in pharmacology”. It is said to provide “critical and comprehensive discussions of the most significant areas of pharmacological research”.
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Adriano Ferrari • Giovanni Cioni 2010 A Guide to the Assessment of Adaptive Functions This book is the result of studies and reflections on cerebral palsy (CP) in children that the authors and their collaborators (medical doctors and therapists) from the Pisa and Reggio Emilia specialised centers have carried out in recent years.
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