In this book, the recent developments in immunology and the impact on the treatment of infections in critical care and in surgery are presented, also describing how cellular immunology influences clinical treatment.
In this volume a distinguished group of internationallyrenowned clinicians and basic researchers discuss thepresent state of knowledge of the etiologyand pathogenesisof Dupuytren's contracture, a disease responsible for aconsiderable portion of disabilities within the workingpopulation allover the world.
The Symposia in Immunology were organized to bring important new information on the expanding field of immunology to practicing physicians interested in the field.
Aus den Besprechungen: "In einer Zeit, in der sich die wissenschaftliche Heilkunde häufig unqualifizierter, aber publikumswirksamer Pauschalverurteilungen erwehren muß, hat Klaus Dietrich Bock einen brillanten Beitrag zur Theorie der Medizin geleistet, der durch seine nüchterne Rationalität überzeugt.
The Symposia in Immunology were organized to bring important new information in the expanding field of immunology to practicing physicians interested in the field.
With this book we* want to address young graduate students, clini- cians involved in transplantation, and technicians in transplantation immunology laboratories.
Although upstaged by the tragic appearance of the human immunodeficiency virus, herpes simplex viruses (HSV) types 1 and 2 continue to be major human pathogens against which we lack acceptable vaccines or other means of immunological control.
Advances in the understanding of the pathogenetic mechanismsinvolved in uveitis and uveoretinitis led to theintroduction of various new therapeuticmodalities for thesediseases, thus raising the need for a comprehensive andreproducible standard scoring system.
Although prostaglandin El (PGE ) has been clinically available for a long 1 time, only in recent years has its effectiveness in peripheral arterial occlusive disease been confirmed in controlled studies.
In vielen verschiedenen Disziplinen der Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften produzieren Meßverfahren, Experimente und Computersimulationen immer größer werdende Mengen von Ergebnisdaten.
Das Gesundheitsreformgesetz bildet einen Kulminationspunkt in den seit Jahren stattfindenden Auseinandersetzungen um die Kostendämpfung im Gesundheitswesen, und es wird noch heftig diskutiert.
In dem Buch werden sowohl von allgemeinärztlicher wie von klinisch-pharmakologischer Seite die Möglichkeiten, aber auch die Grenzen rationaler Arzneimitteltherapie in der primärärztlichen Praxis dargestellt; insbesondere werden die Rahmenbedingungen und Probleme des Umgangs mit Arzneimitteln in der Allgemeinpraxis behandelt, die sich in vielen Bereichen von denen der medikamentösen Therapie im Krankenhaus erheblich unterscheiden.
Presented here is an account of industrial and general air pollution problems in view of air quality management, community and industrial health aspects, emission inventorying, emission and air quality measurement techniques, dispersion phenomena and control technologies.
Recent experimental and clinical progress in the evaluation of cytokines in treatment concepts for cancer patients is the central theme of this book in the ESO Monographs series.
A representative cross section of the latest work in sleep research is presented in this book based on the international symposium "e;Sleep and Health Risk"e; held in Marburg in 1989.