Diseases and disorders

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is thought to affect almost 2.

This book presents detailed state of the art knowledge on the humoral primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), i.

In this third edition of Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Drs.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

With the thorough understanding of stem cell biology and the advent of targeted therapeutics for cancer, stem cell-based therapeutic strategies are being increasingly explored for the treatment of various cancer types.

During the past ten years numerous new findings have been documented in the field of gynecological pathology, especially in respect of neoplasms.

This book discusses the various modes and methods of nano-based drug delivery in different types of cancers such as colon, breast, cervical, ovarian, and lung cancer.

This volume highlights recent advances using iPS cells in disease modeling and medical applications along with new technologies that enhance the power of iPS cells.

Tumor Specific Transplantation Antigen reviews the theories, methods, and experimental findings in the field of immunobiology of tumors with particular focus on the tumor antigen responsible for transplantation resistance.

Too often American veterans return from combat and spiral into depression, anger and loneliness they can neither share nor tackle on their own.

Since the previous M.

Based on the proceedings of the International Convocation on Immunology held recently at the State University of New York at Buffalo, this up-to-date resource provides a state-of-the-art examination of blood transfusion practice and its future possibilities.

Chronic pain seldom presents alone.

Small-Animal SPECT Imaging is an edited work derived from the first workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging held January 14-16, 2004 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

This compelling new account looks back to the early twentieth-century origins and subsequent development of HIV/AIDS before 1981.

This third edition volume expands on the previous editions with new protocols and up-to-date techniques to help researchers excel in this field.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary evidence-based management of urothelial carcinoma.

This volume on Infectious Diseases in an Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (ESST) addresses the needs of health care providers and policy makers as well as scientists and engineers.

This second edition provides updated and new chapters to build on and extend the strengths of the first edition.

While many terms relate to One Health, the idea remains the same: to think outside a chosen area of specialty and work collaboratively as part of a team to improve health status around the world.

This book offers a comprehensive review of recent advances in cancer immunotherapy, and explores the value and limitations of the most effective current therapeutic strategies and emerging treatment modalities.

In this updated third edition of the critically-acclaimed volume, expert physicians assemble user-friendly, clinically-oriented guides to aid in the day-to-day management of the allergic patient.

This detailed volume explores the frontiers of this new era in cancer cytogenetics and cytogenomics, focusing on establishing a karyotype as an information-based genomic framework, as well as presenting technological platforms for collecting and analyzing data at the genome level.

This textbook focuses on the nascent field of Immunoepidemiology that addresses how differences in immune responses among individuals affect the epidemiology of infectious diseases, cancer, hypersensitivity, and autoimmunity.

How people make sense of illness is, in part, culturally determined.

What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community?

Those affected by cancer or receiving cancer treatment have often been more susceptible to infections due to coexisting chronic diseases, overall poor health status, and systemic immunosuppressive states caused by both cancer and anticancer treatments.

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is responsible for around half of the total number of hepatitis infections diagnosed worldwide.

The Ebola virus disease represented a grave crisis for Liberia.

Dopamine is a small molecule traditionally regarded as a brain-derived neuronal modulator implicated in many neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Since Bailey and Cushing (1926), all brain tumor classifications have been called histogenetic.

Surgery in Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Volume 15, describes the state-of-the-art of the use of surgery in treating the most common systemic autoimmune diseases (SADS).

A successful vaccine for the prevention and/or immunotherapy against HIV/AIDS is one of the prominent challenges of the 21st century.

In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate.

The lifestyles and socio-economic status that are prevalent in regions of the world with limited resources form the background for the unique features of neoplastic diseases in these areas, where the majority of the world population lives.

Jargonaphasia covers the different forms of posterior aphasia and the relations of these pathological states to focal brain lesions.

Malignant Brain Tumours is an excellent compendium of current thought and practice for clinicians, surgeons, and scientists.

This book comprehensively summarizes the current state of knowledge on malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract.

Infectious diseases remain a major problem for physicians and other health professionals dealing with problems of the reproductive system.

Immunology has developed quite impressively over the past decade and perhaps very few fields in medicine or biology have grown so explosively.

As a society, we have made amazing gains in being able to detect and treat cancer.

This book focuses on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) of animal origin, including their isolation, characterization, and clinical applications.

From basic science to clinical care, to epidemiological disease patters, The Neurology of AIDS is the only complete textbook available on AIDS neurology and the only one comprehensive enough to stand alone in each segment of study in brain disorders affected by the human immunodeficiency virus.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a technique that delivers mild electrical currents across the intact surface of the skin to reduce pain.

Maurie Markman and a panel of distinguished clinicians and leading clinical investigators comprehensively review the current status of regional antineoplastic drug delivery in the management of malignant disease.

Human Papillomavirus: Proving and Using a Viral Cause for Cancer presents a steady and massive accumulation of evidence about the role of HPV and prevention of HPV-induced cancer, along with the role and personal commitment of many scientists of different backgrounds in establishing global relevance.