Diseases and disorders

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.

The available information on breast cancer has evolved so rapidly that a textbook understanding is no longer sufficient to make sound therapeutic decisions.

This book explains both the basic science and the applications of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical uses.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current standards of anesthesia and intensive care in neonates and children, with a view to promoting standardization in clinical practice.

Wer kennt es nicht – man ist mitten im Medizinstudium, hat zwar schon einiges, aber längst noch nicht alles gelernt und fühlt sich in Sachen Diagnosestellung alles andere als sattelfest.

Only more recently has it been realized that the intense effort to care for and cure a child with cancer does not end with survival.

The sixth edition of Contact Dermatitis covers in detail every conceivable aspect of irritant and allergic contact dermatitis and its modern-day management.

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 afflicts hundreds of thousands of children every year, especially in parts of the world such as sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV infection is prevalent and resources are limited.

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This book is derived from contributions to the Second International Workshop on Mechanisms in Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity, held in Annopolis, Maryland, June 10-13, 1984.

This is the third volume of our series Progress in Anti-Cancer Chemo- therapy.

This book examines in detail the topic of sepsis, with a focus on intra-abdominal sepsis.

In the Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 series, international experts introduce important themes in psychological science that engage with people's unprecedented experience of the pandemic, drawing together chapters as they originally appeared before COVID-19 descended on the world.

The future of oncology seems to lie in Molecular Medicine (MM).

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the approach to retroperitoneal sarcomas, rare and challenging tumors requiring highly specialized, multidisciplinary management.

This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues relevant for public health.

This fully updated and revised new edition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in prostate cancer.

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.

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Since the industrialization and urbanization of the Western workforce, tanned skin has been perceived increasingly as attractive and fashionable for naturally light-skinned individuals.

Globally, there has been a move away from national public sector vaccine development over the past 30 years.

Once Nietzsche said that human beings may be divided into two categories: Apollonians and Dionysians*.

This book centers on gene therapy and gene transfer approaches to prevent or treat chronic virus infections.

100 Inspirational Stories and Beautiful, Uplifting Photos of Survivors.

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The European Collaboration on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), conceived in 1987 and successful in 1989 in gaining financial support as a Concerted Action through the Medical and Health Research Programme of the Commission ofthe European Communities (CEC) in Brussels, considered it an opportune moment to hold its annual Plenary Meeting on 18-20 Septem- ber 1991 as an International Workshop entitled "e;Towards Clinical Trials of Glioma with BNCT"e;.

Bacterial Pathogens and their Virulence Factors contains a detailed description of 32 major bacterial pathogens that affect human health and their associated virulence determinants.

This book provides an overview of the available evidence surrounding immunotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers, and discusses its future place in clinical practice.

This book presents the state of the art in the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of hypothalamic and pituitary disorders.

This handbook offers practical strategies and evidence-based parent-implemented interventions for very young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

For centuries the great minds of medical science puzzled over the importance of the cerebrospinal fluid.

The field of adipose tissue biology has been expanding at a very rapid pace in the last few years.

This book aims to understand the inherent circadian cycles of biological processes and their role in maintaining health and healing a variety of diseases.

This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to open colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications.

A cutting-edge review of the major research areas of adjuvant discovery, design, development, and use.

Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer in Response to Chemotherapy, Volume 158 of the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting chapters on timely topics, including Epigenetically Programmed Resistance to Chemotherapy and Promotion of Immune Evasion in Cancer, A Role for the Epigenome in Cancer Cell Drug Tolerance, Histone Methylation and X Chromosomal Genes in Metastasis of Breast Cancer, Targeting Epigenetic Regulation Using Small Molecule Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as Sanguine Epigenetic Therapeutics against Pugnacious Lung Cancer, From ecology to oncology: To understand cancer stem cell dormancy, ask a Brine shrimp (Artemia), and more.

T cells play a vital role mediating adaptive immunity, a specific acquired resistance to an infectious agent produced by the introduction of an antigen.

Written by internationally respected experts, Handbook of Human Helminthiasis provides information essential in the development of an integrated approach to the prevention, control and treatment of disease caused by endoparasitic helminths.

Heavy metals, such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, and nickel, are important constituents of most living organisms, as well as many nonliving substances.

This 1987 ORPRC Symposium on Primate Reproductive Biology, the third in a series, marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center (ORPRC).

This book is an easy-to-use reference that provides ready guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the full range of tumors of the central nervous system in adults and children.

The ninth annual multidisciplinary symposium on clinical oncology organized by the Royal College of Radiologists was jointly arranged with the International Society for Radiation Oncology.