David S. Newcombe. Edited by Dwight R. Robinson 2013 Basic Science and Clinical Practice One might ask why a book devoted to a single disorder like gout is necessary since standard textbooks adequately review the usual clinical fi ndings and management of this disorder. The answer to that question is multifaceted. Gout is now clearly associated with several […]
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Alan Ebringer 2013 The discovery of a new link between a disease and the environment depends on many individuals who by their efforts and insight have helped to establish this association. First of all I would like to thank and acknowledge the work of the two Research groups, one from the Westminster Hospital in London and the other one […]
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Karl Knahr Editor 2013 Tribological Considerations and Clinical Consequences Successful long-term results of total hip arthroplasty are mainly due to two facts: long-term stability of the implant and minimal wear of the articulating surfaces. Currently, wear of the articulating components remains the most challenging problem. The fi rst part of the book includes articles on ceramic technology and clinical implications. The […]
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Brian F. Mandell Editor 2013 Perioperative care of the patient with a multisystem in fl ammatory (rheumatic) disease has become increasingly complex. Patients are often receiving multiple medications, are at least intermittently profoundly immunosuppressed, and may have signi fi cant organ dysfunction. At the same time, perioperative medicine has evolved almost into its own subspecialty. Physicians who have expertise in […]
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Peter Burckhardt • Bess Dawson-Hughes Connie M. Weaver Editors 2013 For the eighth time, specialists interested in the role of nutrition in bone development and preservation met in Lausanne, Switzerland, to hear and discuss recent research findings. Participants ranged from graduate students to senior research scientists. As in the fi rst symposium, held in 1991, and each succeeding symposium, […]
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Rene´ Verdonk • Joa˜o Espregueira-Mendes Joan Carles Monllau Editors 2013 ISAKOS has a long tradition of education. My mentor, Prof. Dr. Ejnar Eriksson from Stockhom Sweden, always taught me that repetition was the mother of education. This book on meniscal allograft and replacement is a good example of this principle. Now that knowledge on this cartilage body in the knee […]
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A. Mark Davies • Andrew J. Grainger Steven J. James Editors 2013 Techniques and Applications
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Massoud Mahmoudi Editor 2013 Allow me to present Challenging Cases in Rheumatology and Diseases of the Immune System . This book, like our three preceding titles, Challenging Cases in Allergy and Immunology (2009), Challenging Cases in Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Skin (2010), and Challenging Cases in Pulmonology (2011), presents the topic in a case-based study format. Rheumatology is […]
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Maria Jose Alcaraz • Oreste Gualillo Olga Sánchez-Pernaute Editors 2013 Rheumatisms are complex diseases in which the incidence of exogenous factors is determinant. Searching for an individual pathogenic factor is often useless in this kind of diseases, whereas targeting general cell processes might be a better strategy. Rheumatic diseases are highly heterogeneous in both causative mechanisms and lesion type, […]
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Francesco Fulvio Faletra 2013 This book on echocardiography concerns the mitral valve in its normal and diseased guises. It is not intended only for echocardiography specialists alone, but it is supposed to be a reference work for clinical cardiologists too. Space will therefore be set aside for the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral valve disease. […]
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