Paediatric medicine

The Interfaces of Perinatal Addiction Ira J ChasnofT In the last few years, problems associated with drug use in pregnancy have become endemic.

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With improved control of most environmental causes of disease, genetic illness has assumed a primary importance in the causation of handicap and mortality in all age groups.

This book arises out of a workshop on lead exposure and child development which was held at the University of Edinburgh on 8th-12th September 1986.

The mechanisms by which animals regulate the volume and composition of their body fluids has long had a particular fascination for students of biology.

The book Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases introduces various diseases resulting from the abnormal gametogenesis and embryo development, which manifests as growth retardation, birth defects, or increased susceptibility to chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in childhood and adult life, even fertility disorders and the risk of transgenerational transmission.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights.

Advances in the biomedical sciences, especially genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, taken together with the expanding use of electronic health records, are radically changing the IT infrastructure and software applications needed to support the transfer of knowledge from bench to bedside.

Brain tumors are the most common solid tumor of childhood as well as the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in children.

The first of its kind, this book describes pediatric palliative care in more than 23 countries.

A general introduction to the principles of diagnosis and treatment of children with brain tumors is presented.

This volume contains information on the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis of spinal tumors.

Brain diseases can have a large impact on patients and society, and treatment is often not available.

The book series, "e;Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy.

The human foetus is separated from the maternal blood by the syncytiotrophoblast induced by endogeneous human retrovirus-encoded proteins.

Introduction of new technologies and their applications to neuroblastoma diagnosis, treatment, and therapy assessment are explained.

Type 1 diabetes is a serious and common disease, afflicting one per 200 of the population worldwide.

The provision of optimal dialysis therapy to children requires a thorough understanding of the multi-disciplinary manner in which the pediatric patient is affected by renal insufficiency.

Increasingly more and more children with developmental disabilities survive into adulthood.

Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology: Diagnosis and Treatment addresses the medical and surgical treatment of the most common and challenging clinical conditions in the rapidly growing field of pediatric otorhinolaryngology.

Serious congenital malformations are a major contributor to the infant death rate worldwide.

Klachten en ziekten van kinderen zijn voor hun ouders vaak een bron van zorg enongerustheid.

Ervaring opdoen met echte patiënten is een essentieel onderdeel van iedere geneeskundige opleiding.

Kinderorthopedie is anders dan orthopedie bij volwassenen.

Bij het beschrijven van de gezondheid en ziekte van kinderen, uitgaande van de dagelijkse praktijk is gekozen voor verschillende ingangen.

Kinderen zijn geen kleine volwassenen.

Williams Syndrome (WS), aka Williams Beuren Syndrome, is a developmental disorder that we have known about for some forty years.

This encompassing volume gathers contributions by renowned experts in the field of pediatric urology to offer a systematic and complete review of the field.

In recent years, there has been huge interest in developing new methods that offer improved accuracy for the detection of small bowel pathology, and in particular for the assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

Since the first edition of this book was published, much new knowledge has been gained on hemangiomas and vascular malformations.

This book is devoted solely to the tricuspid valve and its role in congenital heart disease.

In the later stages of gestation, fetal functions undergo increasing change and development, preparing the fetus for the transition to its postnatal environment.

This richly illustrated book presents the pediatric applications of PET/CT in the full range of scenarios frequently encountered in a professional setting.

The novel aim of this book is to illustrate the MR imaging features of the fetal and the neonatal brain by matching prenatal and postnatal images for a wide range of neurological abnormalities.

The recent widespread application of minimally invasive techniques has had a profound impact on the diagnosis and therapy of thoracic disorders, including in the pediatric age group.

Laparoscopy is a new frontier of the surgical technique, which recently gained more and more popularity and credit upon the surgical teams, also in Urology.

This book is devoted exclusively to differential diagnosis in pediatric dermatology.

Electrocardiography has an ever-expanding role in pediatric cardiology evaluation.

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.

Un bambino con una malattia cutanea non è soltanto un problema medico ma anche sociale e soprattutto familiare con pesanti risvolti psicologici.

La nascita e lo sviluppo della chirurgia laparoscopica emini-invasiva è il cambiamento più importanteavvenuto in chirurgia pediatrica negli ultimi 30 anni.

Multiauthored book dealing comprehensively with the various aspects of imaging of pediatric musculoskeletal trauma.