The current book represents a distillation of the experience gained in diagnosis of intracranial tumors with computed X-ray tomography at the University Hos- pitals of Berlin, Mainz, and Miinchen.
In ausgewählten Kapiteln können Sie sich das theoretische und praktische Wissen aneignen, das im operativen Umfeld - von der Diagnose bis zum Abschluß der postoperativen Phase - notwendig ist.
The aim of present-day treatment of hypertension is no longer as the effective reduction of blood pressure, regarded merely but as the ever-increasing application of new therapeutic prin- ciples to prevent such consequences of hypertension as left heart hypertrophy, medial hypertrophy of the vessels and ar- teriosclerosis.
Since the last meeting "e;Myocardial Biopsy - Diagnostic Signifi- cance"e; was held under the auspices of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) in Munich, many new data and new aspects have been developed in the field of myocardial dis- eases.
The International Symposium on Positron Emission Tomography of the Brain was held at Schloss Auel in Lohmar, near Cologne, FRG, on May 3rd to 8th, 1982.
In the Middle Eastern states, in the developing countries of Southeast Asia and Africa with their vast populations, in the poverty-stricken Central and South American lands, and in other underprivileged parts of the world, rheumatic heart disease is a major problem with a high morbidity and mortality.
The impressive advances in all branches of medical science during the first half of this century with the discovery of many chemotherapeutic or immunogenic agents gave rise to brilliant achievements in the struggle against some infectious diseases and aroused in many scientists the wishful thought that drugs for cancer therapy would, soon lead to additional great success.
This volume is based on the Symposium on "e;The Brain and Human Behavior,"e; held in October of 1969 as a part of the centennial observance of the Loyola Uni- versity of Chicago.
