Leila Kheirandish-Gozal David Gozal Editors 2012 The awareness of sleep-disordered breathing in children has steadfastly increased over the last several decades since the initial description of six cases of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in 1976 by Dr. Christian Guilleminault at Stanford University.
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Phyllis G. Supino • Jeffrey S. Borer Editors 2012 This book has been written to aid medical students, physicians, and other health professionals as they probe the increasingly complex and varied medical/ scientific literature for knowledge to improve patient care and search for guidance in the conduct of their own research.
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Amy Katherine Reeve • Kim Jennifer Krishnan Michael R. Duchen • Doug M. Turnbull Editors 2012 The loss of neurons at any stage of life is a catastrophic event. These post-mitotic cells lack an ability to regenerate, and therefore their loss later in life will inevitably lead to functional defects. The most widely known diseases in which […]
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Enrico Nunzi • Cesare Massone Editors 2012 Leprosy, or Hansen’s Disease, is a mycobacterial disease which manifestations, course and prognosis are strictly associated to the patient’s immune system. Leprosy is a serious infectious disease, for both the patient (because of disabilities and social consequences) and thecommunity. Early diagnosis reduces disabilities and transmission.
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Jean-Marie Saudubray Georges van den Berghe John H. Walter (Editors) 2012 Inborn Metabolic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment has for many years been considered a classic textbook, indispensable to those involved in the care of patients with inborn errors of metabolism, including paediatricians, clinical biochemists, neurologists, specialists in internal medicine, geneticists, dietitians, nurses and clinical psychologists.
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Oksana Suchowersky ● Cynthia Comella Editors 2012 Although there have been innumerable excellent books written about hypokinetic movement disorders such as Parkinson disease, few are devoted to disorders characterized predominantly by excessive movements. This edition of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders is directed toward clinicians, including neurologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, internists, primary care physicians, and those in training in these disciplines, that are […]
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Joris C. Verster • Kathleen Brady Marc Galanter • Patricia Conrod Editors 2012 Causes, Consequences and Treatment Drug abuse and addiction are common in clinical practice. Often they interfere with patient treatment or require an alternative approach. The volume Drug Abuse and Addiction in Medical Illness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment discusses the causes and consequences of drug abuse […]
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Caroline Schnakers • Steven Laureys Editors 2012 Fifty years ago, the field of disorders of consciousness was a very limited research domain. Severely brain-injured patients, who are most likely to present impaired consciousness during recovery, often died. In the 1950s, the introduction of artificial breathing changed everything.
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Hrayr P. Attarian • Nidhi S. Undevia 2012 Sleep medicine is a diverse field that brings together the knowledge and expertise of a variety of medical specialties. This is easily demonstrated by the fact that the physicians who practice in this field come from a variety of backgrounds including internal medicine, otolaryngology, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and pulmonary medicine. […]
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Paolo Gresele • Gustav V.R. Born • Carlo Patrono • Clive P. Page Editors 2012 Blood platelets attract growing interest among clinicians and basic scientists due to the increasing understanding of their role in diverse physiologic and pathologic phenomena and to the uninterrupted discovery of new functions.
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