In the late 1940s investigators observed that mice given supralethai doses of total body irradiation were protected by infusion of viable spleen or marrow cells following irradiation, and that this was accomplished by hemopoietic reconsti- tution with donor cells as proven using genetic markers.
Upon contemplating an updated version of the 1974 edition of this book and envisioning its possible organization, it immediately became evident that the new version could no longer be written by one, two, or even three authors.
The continuing success of the VICC's Manual of Clinical Oncology and the continuing refinement of our educational objectives in cancer designed for graduating medical students and young practitioners, cou- pled with significant additional knowledge in the cancer field have allIed to the decision to publish a Fourth Edition.
This book offers a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to excitation-contraction-coupling in smooth and striated mus- cles, including the myocardium.
The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) was creat- ed to promote cooperative efforts toward solving critical health and safety questions involving foods, drugs, cosmet- ics, chemicals, and other aspects of the environment.
With the fall in mortality from infectious diseases, the impact of childhood cancer in the Western World has increased to become the second commonest cause of death in the age group 1-14 years, being surpassed only by accidents.
Dies Buch ist ein Leitfaden für den Augenarzt, der in eigener Praxis tätig ist und eine kurze Information über praktische Probleme der Diagnose und Therapie des Glaukoms wünscht.
Periodically in the evolution of an important branch of clinical medicine there develops a critical need for a textbook which combines with the clinical aspects of disease syndromes an in-depth review of the sciences basic to the disorders discussed, as well as a carefully selected but com- prehensive review of pertinent literature.
Der Krebsatlas entstand aus dem Versuch einer einheitlichen Darstellung der Krebsmortalität in der Bundesrepublik und in den Bundesländern, womit zwei Ziele verfolgt wurden: Einmal sollte eine Übersicht gewonnen werden, in welchen Gegenden der Bundesrepublik sich Unterschiede des Spektrums an Krebskrank heiten erkennen lassen und in welche Richtung sich eine epide miologische Forschung - bei den augenblicklich begrenzten Ressourcen - hinsichtlich der Umweltrisikoforschung vorrangig orientieren sollte.
Entscheidendes Anliegen dieses Standardwerkes ist die klinisch-pathologische Korrelation: Bereits klinisch sichtbare, strukturelle Veränderungen am Auge werden den entsprechenden mikroskopischen Schnitten in über 1000 Abbildungen und schematischen Skizzen gegenübergestellt.
Although it may seem a rash, even ill-conceived, undertaking to devote a mono- graph to cerebral angiography at a time when CT seems to be the most important neuroradiologic procedure, this is definitely not the case.
The outstanding success of the First Edition and the expansion of our knowledge about cancer over the 5 years since its publication have led to the decision to publish a Second Edition which has been fully revised, rewritten and enlarged by the addition of several sections.
The author of this remarkably comprehensive review, PIERRE DUSTIN, has performed an invaluable service in bringing to- gether in one volume the observations and theory on micro- tubules that have accumulated over the last fifteen years.
