M. M. Gulizia (Editor) 2005 Clinical practice is evolving at a rapid pace, nowhere more so than in the field of cardiology. Acute Coronary Syndromes, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Syncope, and Prevention of Global Cardiovascular Risk are the main Emerging Pathologies to which many investigators are addressing their researches.
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Edited by Stephen C. Piscitelli Keith A. Rodvold 2005 Drug interactions in the field of infectious diseases continue to expand as new drugs are approved, new mechanisms are identified, and recommendations for co-administration of drugs are revised. The editors of Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases are gratified that the first edition was well received and we are enthusiastic […]
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Annegret Kuhn . Percy Lehmann Thomas Ruzicka (Eds.) 2005 Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by a wide spectrum of manifestations and a variable evolution. The skin is one of the most frequent sites of involvement, and thus it has long been central to the conceptual framework that physicians have used to deal with […]
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Edited by A. Schmidt, M. H.Wolff and O.Weber 2005 It is with great pleasure that we introduce the first volume of Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases.This book series will focus on relevant topics of microbiology and infectious diseases with emphasis (as much as possible) on emerging pathogens and related diseases.
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Emilio Quaia (Ed.) 2005 Basic Principles and Clinical Applications Microbubble-based contrast agents for ultrasound were introduced some time ago, although their clinical application has become widespread only in recent years. Since color and power Doppler reveal overt artifacts after microbubble injection due to the peculiar features of harmonic signals produced by insonation of microbubbles, dedicated contrast-specific modes of US […]
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Dawn A. Marcus 2005 A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management Patients with chronic pain present a unique set of challenges to the primary care physician, who must first recognize and accept the difficult and complex constellation of problems often encountered by these patients. The clinical management of chronic pain is frequently requested by patients seeing primary care physicians, although […]
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Samuel M. Butman Editor 2005 In the first 125 interventional procedures I performed in the early 1980s, using primitive equipment, no patient had a myocardial infarction, none required urgent surgery, and none died. That run did not last, of course, and now having performed over 2,200 percutaneous coronary interventions, I know better.
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Giuseppe Barbaro – Franck Boccara (Eds) 2005 Never in the history of humanity has knowledge progressed as quickly as in the field of AIDS. Over a period of 15 years, successive discoveries of the disease, its viral origin, the virus responsible, its physiopathology and highly effective therapies have led to spectacular improvement in life expectancy and in the quality of life […]
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Felix Bronner,Mary C Farach-Carson and Janet Rubin (Eds) 2005 Bone Resorption, the second volume of the series Topics in Bone Biology, is centered on the osteoclast, the bone-resorbing cell. The volume thus complements the first volume of the series, Bone Formation, which discussed origin, function, and pathology of the bone-forming cell, the osteoblast.
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H. Lo¨ffler J. Rastetter T. Haferlach 2005 Soon after the 5th edition of this volume appeared, the WHO published details on the pathology and genetics of the hematopoietic and lymphatic tissues. Work in progress found in short journal articles had already been integrated into the last edition.
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