Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Breast cancer is a disease requiring multidisciplinary management including surgery, medical and radiation oncology, radiology, pathology, nuclear medicine, genetic counseling, and psychological support.

This is the first textbook solely dedicated to the study of exocrine glands and cells throughout the human body.

This book examines how post-transcriptional mechanisms control endocrine function.

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the science and application of the Exposome through seventeen chapters from leaders in the field.

This book intends to investigate the broad spectrum of genetic changes in immunological processes involved in cutaneous diseases.

The over-arching goal of this volume is to help infertility practitioners evaluate and manage their patients with poor semen quality.

This comprehensive atlas is unique in combining information on the embryological development of the human with detailed presentation of the congenital malformations encountered in clinical practice.

Atrial Fibrillation from an Engineering Perspective provides an up-to-date overview of techniques developed for acquisition, modeling, and analysis of noninvasive, bioelectrical signals reflecting this common arrhythmia.

This book helps transform the awareness of the anticipatory perspective into actionable methods for practitioners of medicine.

Volume Two advances the exploration of the fundamental principles of oxidative stress and toxicity on male (and female) reproduction.

This book covers different omics aspects related to the extracellular matrix (ECM), namely specific omics resources focused on the extracellular matrix (e.

This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview on pediatric and adolescent gynecological endocrinology.

This book discusses the role of oxidative stress in the reproductive system.

Ion channels are the major class of membrane proteins responsible for rapid and regulated transport of ions across biological membranes and for the generation and propagation of electrical signals in the brain, heart, and skeletal and vascular tissues.

This book provides a state-of-the-art compendium on the role of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans during development and in cancer.

This book focuses on C-type lectin receptors, a newly emerging family of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and a crucial part of the human innate immune system.

More than fifty years after its initial discovery by Rita Levi Montalcini and Stanley Cohen and the proposal of the neurotrophic theory, nerve growth factor (NGF) has become the prototype of a family of biologically active molecules called neurotrophic factors (NTFs).

In this Edited Volume, a diverse group of exercise metabolism experts, assembled a multi-facetted collection of fascinating contributions.

This book reviews different aspects of the cancer microenvironment, and its regulation and importance for tumor progression.

This book is a practical guide to the performance of ultrasonography in women of reproductive age for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants.

This book aims to present a comprehensive classification of hypertensive phenotypes based on underlying target organ involvement.

This book presents a timely collection of reviews by experts in periconception and fertilization.

This book covers the latest developments in the therapeutic implications of angiogenesis, ranging from angiogenesis in the brain, angiogenesis in cancer, angiogenesis' role in atherosclerosis and heart disease as well as metabolic disorders and peripheral vascular disease.

Research on testosterone is increasing in many senses; however there is still much controversy regarding its physiology and clinical use.

Reflecting the increasing interest in fertility management for pediatric and adolescent patients and fulfilling an urgent need to have a comprehensive guide to the management of these individuals, this is the first book of its kind to present a comprehensive discussion of pediatric and adolescent oncofertility.

This textbook presents for the first time a comprehensive body of the latest knowledge in the field of neuropeptides and their action on energy balance.

This book gathers together contributions from internationally renowned authors in the field of cardiovascular systems and provides crucial insight into the importance of sex- and gender-concepts during the analysis of patient data.

William Bateson brought the work of Mendel (and much more) to the attention of the English-speaking world.

This edited volume provides insights about the molecular virology, pathoenesis of infection and host responses to varicella-zoster virus, which is a medically important human herpesvirus.

This new book provides comprehensive coverage of the subjects of deuterium oxide and deuteration in biosciences, with an emphasis on the biochemical, biomedical, and pharmacological aspects.

This proceedings volume highlights a selection of papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing, which took place in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 16-20, 2015.

This book covers all forms of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) and provides a comprehensive overview of accompanying reproductive problems.

This contributed volume gathers the latest knowledge in the field of stem cells in human reproductive organs, as well as animal models, and to consider the possibility of using this knowledge for clinical purposes.

This unique textbook provides a clear and concise overview of the key principles of the complex field of phylogenomics, with a particular focus on sequencing technologies that are crucial to studying and understanding interrelations in evolutionary genomics.

This special issue of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology on Heart Failure covers the entire spectrum of the field, from the current understanding and definitions of heart failure, to epidemiology and the importance of co-morbidities, clinical trial design and biomarkers, as well as imaging technologies.

This new edition provides an update on the molecular mechanisms that regulate spermatogenesis.

This edited volume presents the current state of the art of genetics education and the challenges it holds for teaching as well as for learning.

This monograph offers a cross-system exchange and cross-modality investigation into brain-heart interplay.

This book is written to help and enable students in how to observe biological specimens in terms of viscosity, mass, elasticity and work producing elements.

Durante los últimos años, los estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad del Cauca han recibido las guías para estudiar el aparato locomotor como insumo básico de trabajo para las horas de inmersión práctica en el anfiteatro.

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Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

Now in its revised and updated second edition, this text provides a practical way of teaching genetic counseling helping skills.

Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes and its associated complications, a major socio-economic burden for health care systems.

Medicinal plants and their derived products remain as an indispensable source of bioactive molecules that serve as either drug candidates or lead compounds for drug design and discovery.

This book highlights the most significant diseases for humans and their dogs, cats and horses.

A traditional view of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) considers only its peripheral part: the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

This book has been developed to provide a detailed discussion of probiotics, which have been evaluated for use predominantly in fish and shellfish aquaculture.

Learn the basics and more of gastrointestinal diseases.