Naga Chalasani • Gyongyi Szabo Editors 2016 Bench to Bedside Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are among the most common causes of cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer worldwide. Histologically, they resemble each other and they both share several common pathogenetic mechanisms. Over the last decade, steady progress has been made in almost all […]
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Gian Gaetano Delaini (Ed.) 2006 Clinical Management and Patients’Quality of Life There are many excellent textbooks on gastroenterology and surgery that cover the subject of inflammatory bowel disease and familial adenomatous polyposis. However, Professor Delaini has chosen authors in this book for their special interest, experience and expertise in their assigned topics.
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Edited by JOHN P. LEONARD MORTON COLEMAN 2006 The lymphomas are the most common malignancies where the tools of the medical oncologist serve as the principal treatment modality and can frequently result in cure of the patient. Over the past several decades, the use of chemotherapy for lymphoma has rapidly evolved to allow for improvements in efficacy as well […]
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KARL LENNERT 2006 During the last quarter of the 20th century a paradigmatic change occurred in the understanding and classification of malignant lymphomas. This was primarily a result of the discovery of the two lymphocyte systems (the B-cell and T-cell systems with numerous variants), which was made possible mainly through the use of many antibodies, most of which were […]
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Gabrijela Kocjan 2006 Diagnostic Principles and Dilemmas The urge to write this book arose after years of storing glass slides from difficult cases into plastic folders where they have been breaking and fading. When discussing these cases at the weekly teaching for trainee pathologists, some of the observations that arose, made it obvious that experience cannot compensate for […]
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R. Fujita, J.R. Jass M. Kaminishi, R.J. Schlemper (Eds.) 2006 Endoscopy, Pathology, and Treatment Advanced cancers of the gastrointestinal tract develop from either superficial neoplasm or early cancer, and if they could be identified in these stages by endoscopy and diagnosed pathologically as cancer by biopsy, the benefit for patients would be immeasurable. We hope that the global dissemination of this […]
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Editors Mario Maffessanti & Giorgia Dalpiaz 2006 Clinical Features, Pathology, HRCT Introducing a book dealing with Radiology is always a pleasure, but it is a special pleasure on this occasion as the invitation came from a very dear friend, Mario Maffessanti. The idea of producing a guide to the interpretation of the diffuse lung diseases via high-resolution […]
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Gisela Dallenbach-Hellweg Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz Marcus J.Trunk 2006 The new edition of this atlas integrates all significant advances made in the past 15 years in molecular pathology, tumor virology, and genetics of cervical cancer. It emphasizes the importance of these advances in facilitating its pathological diagnosis and in optimizing clinical management and prognosis.
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M. Pescatori C.I. Bartram A.P. Zbar 2006 2-D and 3-D Anal,Vaginal and Transperineal Techniques Since the introduction of endoluminal ultrasound for the assessment of anorectal diseases in 1989 by Law and Bartram, the fundamental investigative algorithm for functional disorders, in particular, the management of fecal incontinence, has changed dramatically. This period of investigative ultrasonography, driven by radiologists throughout Europe and […]
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Edited by Anne E. Cress Raymond B. Nagle 2006 The ability of an epithelial cell to adhere to its neighbor and to the extracellular environment is an essential process that defines in part, a normal multicellular organism. It is a feature that is fundamental to the development of an organism. Mutations in critical adhesion components will result either in […]
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