Diseases and disorders

Written by internationally renowned experts, the 3rd edition of this six volume textbook provides detailed practical guidance and advice on the diagnosis and management of the complete range of ocular cancers.

Responding to the substantial growth that has taken place in the field over the past decade, this reference provides an in-depth overview of current thought on the genetics and genomics of asthma and COPD in relation to their pathogenesis and treatment.

Chagas disease causes severe socioeconomic impact and a high medical cost in Latin America.

This textbook introduces in an engaging way the fundamentals of how pathogenic bacteria interact with, and are virulent within, the human host.

There has been a dramatic increase in knowledge of tight junctions in the past decade.

This book provides a fundamental understanding of immunopathology and immunopathologic processes, with particular attention to nonclinical toxicology studies.

This book focuses on a broad range of immunomodulators, including both natural and synthetic ones.

Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis is a manual-style book that links transfusion medicine and hemostasis to laboratory methods and diagnostic tests engaged in routine and specialized coagulation laboratories.

Provides a detailed survey of therapies for autoimmune diseases, exploring the rationale for their use and clinical data regarding their potential benefit.

Completely revised new edition of the definitive reference on disorders of hemoglobin.

Adding to a vitally important cycle of publications covering the latest research developments in our understanding of neoplasms affecting the human central nervous system, this edition focuses on numerous aspects of pineal, pituitary, and spinal tumors.

Blasenentzündungen können hohen Leidensdruck erzeugen - vor allem, wenn sie häufig wiederkehren.

The topic of biological response modifiers has attracted the attention of many biomedical investigators, including immunologists, oncologists, pharmacologists, microbiologists, and biochemists, as well as clinical practitioners of medicine.

It is essential to minimize damage to normal tissues during radiation therapy and many strategies have been employed in finding the best methods for radioprotection.

Platelets and Aspirin-Induced Asthma is the first book to be published that reflects research conducted on aspirin-induced asthma pathogenesis.

Xenotransplantation could have an impact on at least three aspects of medicine.

This book offers a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries concerning viral, bacterial, and parasite infectious cancers.

Im Jahre 1973, dem Zeitpunkt des Ein tri tts des einen der beiden Herausgeher in die Thoraxklinik stellte sich das Problem, dieses bis dahin weitgehend von der Tuberkulose geprägte Krankenhaus den Erfordernissen der Zeit anzupassen.

Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet.

Probably no two topics have generated more workshops, con- ferences, and lectures in medicine and education than the chron- ically ill child and the mandate of Public Law 94-142.

A well-illustrated and comprehensive analysis of the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, this book covers current treatment options and guidelines, whilst also providing a detailed discussion of emerging therapeutic targets.

Current Advances in Immunology presents the advances in immunology in an easy-to-use format.

This volume is a practical resource for the diagnosis and multi-disciplinary management of patients with vascular anomalies.

Ultrasound has been widely used in diagnostic imaging for a long time.

Immunology in the Twentieth Century: From Basic Science to Clinical Application grew out of common knowledge that those who survived many of the common infectious diseases rarely contracted the same disease again.

This practical ad easy-to-read manual is designed for quick consultation on how to deal with the most frequent clinical situations in the field of pleural pathology.

This book has been designed to provide the full description of the comprehensive management of peritoneal surface malignancies which have originated from different primaries, such as breast cancer, small bowel cancers and imatinib resistant GISTosis and sarcomas and pseudomyxoma.

This book highlights the potential applications of microbots for minimally invasive diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), enhancing the accuracy of colonoscopy and improving drug delivery for more precise and effective treatments.

This detailed volume explores numerous methods used in basic science laboratories to characterize cancer-related biomarkers, vital for better managing cancer burden, including cancer risk assessment, cancer diagnosis, determining cancer progression, and therapeutic response.

Cardiac tumors were once a nosographic entity of scarce clinical interest because of the rarity and of the intrinsic diagnostic and therapeutic impossibilities, and were considered a fatal morbid entity.

Convertases are widely expressed activating enzymes involved in various physiological and pathological processes.

The book delves into the role of biosimilars in the field of cancer treatment.

There is growing interest in using performance measurement as a means of holding federal, state, and local health agencies accountable for their use of public funds.

Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed condition in oncology, affecting around 1.

This book provides a detailed review of millimeter-wave power amplifiers, discussing design issues and performance limitations commonly encountered in light of the latest research.

A ground-breaking and fascinating account of fetal origins of adult disease.

This book reviews the emerging studies of synthetic immunology, including the development and regeneration of immune cells, immune organ development and artificial regeneration, and the synthetic approach towards understanding human immune system.

As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.

The first version of this atlas was released as video-assisted major pulmonary resections were just emerging as a valid alternative to conventional techniques.

Taking patients through all aspects of cancer care, this book provides specific, accurate information on various tumour types and treatment modalities, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and complementary therapy.

For obvious practical reasons the subject of oncology has in- creasingly been becoming artificially subdivided, e.

Genomics and Pharmacogenomics in Anticancer Drug Development and Clinical Response provides the most comprehensive body of knowledge available on the role of genetic and genomic variation in the individualization of drug therapies in cancer patients.

The book covers all aspects of future preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic-like situations as the COVID-19 pandemic commences at its endemic stage.

Understanding the importance and necessity of the role of autophagy in health and disease is vital for the studies of cancer, aging, neurodegeneration, immunology, and infectious diseases.