Pathology category: 1167 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Atlas of Conducted Electrical Weapon Wounds and Forensic Analysis provides a comprehensive publication on the subject of Conducted Electrical Weapon (CEW) wounds and signature markings created by this class of weapon. This volume will serve as a very useful resource for all professions tasked with...
Essentials of Autopsy Practice
Advances, Updates and Emerging Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
This book covers new and exciting topics which have emerged in the area of autopsy recently, including the three different post-mortem CT-angiography systems currently available to practitioners in this field; a highly topical chapter on the role of genetic abnormalities in the handling of drugs within...
by Roger W. Byard
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Determining the cause of death in children and young adults can pose considerable challenges. Professor Byard provides for the first time a complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life. Highly illustrated with more than 800 colour figures,...
The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes
Perspectives in Communication Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
This handbook includes an overview of those areas of cognition and language processing that are relevant to the field of communication disorders, and provides examples of theoretical approaches to problems and issues in communication disorders.
The first section includes a collection of chapters...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
As there are a number of nuances in terms of how to manage mutation carriers (both with and without a concomitant diagnosis of breast cancer), this text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field. It represents a valuable resource for a myriad of clinicians and healthcare personnel...
Hearing Conservation
In Occupational, Recreational, Educational, and Home Settings
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
According to the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health, approximately 30 million employees are exposed to dangerous noise levels at work and an additional nine million workers are at risk for hearing loss from other ototoxins such as metals and solvents. Millions of children and young...
by Lesley Mathieson
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
This edition has been extensively rewritten in order to reflect the changes in clinical practice and learning methods which have taken place since the 5th edition was published. The seventeen chapters are divided into three sections: normal voice, descriptions of the various types of voice disorders,...
Laryngeal Cancer
An Interdisciplinary Resource for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Laryngeal cancer is a complex medical condition, and its treatments, both surgical and nonsurgical, typically affect a variety of life functions. These complex consequences of laryngeal cancer necessitate that many different medical specialties work together as a cohesive, collaborative care team...
Breakdown of Speech
Causes and remediation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Be a craftsman in speech, so that thou mayest be strong, for the tongue is a sword, and speech is more valoraus than any fighting. Egyptian Proverb The first duty of a man is to speak; that is his chief business in this world. R. L. Stevensan Memories and Portraits, 1888 Communication is of paramount...
Germ Cell Tumours V
The Proceedings of the Fifth Germ Cell Tumour Conference Devonshire Hall, University of Leeds, 13th–15th September, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The events of September 11,2001 in the United States will always be r~membered with horror and sadness but also admiration for those who risked, and often lost, their lives attempting to save others. When the Fifth International Germ Cell Tumour Conference began, the US air space was closed and our...
by Hilary Kennedy, Martyn Jones, Phoebe Caldwell
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment.
The contributors look at a wide range of approaches, including intensive interaction,...
by E. Solcia, C. Capella, G. Klöppel
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This second edition updates the "WHO Classification of Endocrine Tumours" proposed in 1980 and incorporates many new tumour entities and pertinent concepts that have developed since that time. It is the result of a collaborative effort between 9 pathologists from different countries, in...
by Tsieh Sun
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Immunophenotyping is the most powerful tool in the routine diagnosis of hematologic neoplasms. Immunohistochemical technique is used in histology labs for this purpose, while flow cytometry is used in clinical labs. Although separately these 2 techniques are very useful in detecting lymphomas and...
by Syed Z. Ali, Edmund S. Cibas
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Cytologic diagnosis by examination of exfoliated cells in serous cavity fluids is one of the most challenging areas in clinical cytopathology. Almost 20% of the effusions examined are directly or indirectly related to the presence of malignant disease, with carcinoma of the lung as the most common...