Many advances have occurred in the last 5 years especiallyin understanding genetic susceptibility factors, the role ofimmune response in chronic arthritis and the relationshipbetween cellular processes that underlie inflammation andtissue damage.
Eine signifikante Verbesserung der Heilungs- und Überlebensraten war in den letzten Jahren bei metastasierten gastrointestinalen Tumoren nicht zu beobachten.
Excellent illustrations and the latest technology from theclinic, practice and laboratory are compiled for both thepracticing urologist and the researching cytopathologist inthe book "e;Urinary Cytology.
Das "trockene Auge" des Patienten fordert den Augenarzt in den letzten Jahren immer häufiger heraus, auch deshalb, weil das Krankheitsbild zu schwerwiegenden Komplikationen am betroffenen Auge führen kann.
A wide variety of hormones, neurotransmitters and growth factors exert their cellular effects by reacting first with membrane receptors resulting in an increase of intracellular calcium and the cellular response.
The prevention and control of infectious diseases represents, even today, an important public health problem for responsible national and international authorities.
Our current understanding of a/~ T cell receptor (TCR) ex- pressing T cells advanced from function and specificity to the molecular organization ofthe TCR.
An integrated retrovirus effectively becomes part of the cellular genome, but with the difference that the virus to a large extent retains control over its own expression through nontranslated sequences in the long terminal repeat (L TR).
A symposium, "e;Perioperative Management of Pacemaker Patients"e;, was held in May 1990 at the Karl-Franzens-Universitat, Landeskrankenhaus Graz, Austria.
In spite of a long history of intense investigation the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies remain a poorly understood family of neurodegenerative diseases.
This book is dedicated to the memory of Walter Brendel, late Professor of Experimental Surgery and Chairman of the Institute for Surgical Research at the University of Munich, Germany.
All up-to-date aspects of DNA technology are discussed partly in review lectures but mostly in research articles in this volume: new methods, population statistics for different restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's), new developments dealing with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), biostatistical aspects of single locus and multi locus profiles as well as examples of practical applications in paternity testing and forensic stain analysis.
The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) was established in 1978 to stimulate and support scientific research and educational programs related to nutrition, toxicology, and food safety, and to encourage cooper- ation in these programs among scientists in universities, industry, and government agencies to assist in the resolu- tion of health and safety issues.
The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for informa- tion, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The eighth workshop in this series on Mechanisms in B-Cell Neoplasia 1990 was held in Wilson Hall at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland on March 28-30.
Rheumatoid arthritis demands intensive interdisciplinary cooperation between the orthopaedic surgeon and internist, and this monograph provides all the information necessary for the specialist dealing with inflammatory changes of the hip joint in rheumatoid arthritis.
An international group ofresearchers has met every 2 years since 1981 to examine the progress made in limb salvage techniques and the perspectives of this field of surgery.
