N.R. Galloway,W.M.K. Amoaku, P.H. Galloway and A.C. Browning 2006 It is a pleasure to welcome two new authors who have contributed to the third edition of “Common Eye Diseases”: Peter Galloway and Andrew Browning. Six years have passed since the last edition but even in this relatively short time there have been significant advances in the diagnosis and […]
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Christine Chaponnier Alexis Desmouliere Giulio Gabbiani 2006 Thirty-four years after the first description of the myofibroblast, the number of publications concerning this cell is very impressive and continuously expanding, and the work on the myofibroblast involves many laboratories throughout the world. The myofibroblast has been implicated in developmental and physiological phenomena, as well as in a variety of pathological situations, […]
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Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar (Ed.) 2006 The field of nuclear medicine is continuing to grow rapidly, incorporating advances in molecular biology, pathophysiology and molecular imaging. In an effort to accommodate these changes and be in line with the future direction of nuclear medicine, we have updated the first edition of The Pathophysiologic Basis of NuclearMedicine, building on its strengths and […]
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Ernest L.Mazzaferri, Clive Harmer, Ujjal K.Mallick and Pat Kendall-Taylor (Eds) 2006 A Multidisciplinary Approach This book is intended for practitioners who manage patients with thyroid cancer and students who are learning about the disease. It aims to provide practical information about this diverse group of tumors to physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare providers involved in the day-to-day management […]
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Edited by Nasimul Ahsan 2006 What prompted this book was a seeming imbalance, between advancements made in science and what appears to be known generally. We admit that only modest progress has been made in understanding many infectious diseases such as those caused by polyomavirus.
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Nenad Blau · Georg F. Hoffmann James Leonard · Joe T. R. Clarke (Eds.) 2006 You may ask whether there is a need for another book about metabolic disorders. Although there are a number of good books dealing with both the diagnosis and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism, many of them are rather complex and detailed. This […]
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Françoise Galateau-Sallé 2006 Recent decades have seen substantially increased worldwide incidence and mortality rates for mesothelioma. Studies in many countries have confirmed its association with asbestos exposure. Nonetheless, important scientific and public health questions still need answers.
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Edited by Antonio Llombart-Bosch Vicente Felipo José Antonio López-Guerrero 2006 This volume contains the text of the presentations delivered at the Second International Symposium on Cancer “New trends in Cancer for the 21st Century” held in Valencia, Spain, from November 12 to 15, 2005. This second symposium represents continuity in the scientific activities of the Cátedra Santiago Grisolía and […]
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Aldo Clerico • Michele Emdin (Eds.) 2006 The Hormones of the Heart Clinical progress is a complex resultant of the interaction between intelligent clinical observation, selected cohort studies, advances in the biophysiological understanding of regulatory mechanisms in health and disease, and technological innovation. In other words, it is through the interplay of clinical, epidemiological, biological and technological research that […]
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Jorg Reichrath 2006 Rapid progress in the understanding of carcinogenesis and pathology of epithelial skin cancer has led to new strategies for the prevention and treatment of these malignancies. The goal of this volume is to comprehensively cover in a highly readable overview our present knowledge of pathogenetic mechanisms and molecular biology of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas.
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