Johannes Ring 2005 Allergy is “in,” and has been for some years now. The term “allergy” is no longer a foreign word. In spite of this, allergies are still not adequately appreciated either by the general population or by the physicians’ community. On the one hand, allergy is like a “fashionable disease” and any disturbance of well-being is regarded […]
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P. Lefere · S. Gryspeerdt (Eds.) 2006 A Practical Guide Virtual colonoscopy or computed tomographic (CT) colonography is a recent radiological technique enabling detection of tumoral lesions in the colon. As in the past two decades its radiological predecessor, double-contrast barium enema (DCBE), has lost most of its adherents, CT colonography constitutes a real opportunity for gastrointestinal radiologists to […]
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J. Golzarian · S. Sun · M. J. Sharafuddin (Eds.) 2006 Volume 2 Oncology, Trauma, Gene Therapy, Vascular Malformations, and Neck Therapeutic embolization has now become a major part of modern interventional practice, and its applications have become an integral component of the modern multimodality management paradigms in trauma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and oncology, and the endovascular therapy of vascular […]
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J. Golzarian · S. Sun · M. J. Sharafuddin (Eds.) 2006 Volume 1 General Principles, Chest, Abdomen,and Great Vessels Therapeutic embolization has now become a major part of modern interventional practice, and its applications have become an integral component of the modern multimodality management paradigms in trauma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and oncology, and the endovascular therapy of vascular malformations […]
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Paul Abrams 2006 Lower urinary tract dysfunction produces a huge burden on sufferers in particular and on society in general. Lower urinary tract symptoms have a high prevalence in the community: 5% of children aged 10 wet the bed, while 15% of women and 7% of men have troublesome incontinence; and in elderly men of 75, benign prostatic hyperplasia […]
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Edited by J.M. Weinberg and R. Buchholz 2006 Over the last decade, the advent of biologic agents has greatly revolutionized therapeutic medicine in the management of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and psoriasis. Elucidation of the complex web of cytokine network and the roles of these cytokines in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders provided one […]
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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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Edited by Douglas Van Nostrand 2006 A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management The second edition of Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management marks the publication of a markedly updated and expanded volume that covers all aspects of the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, initial treatment, and long-term management of all varieties of thyroid cancer. Like the first edition, it will serve […]
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Edited by MARY C. RAWLINSON SHANNON LUNDEEN 2006
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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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