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by Philip C. Burcham
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013

This book provides a readable introduction to modern toxicology with a particular focus on the mechanisms underlying the induction of toxicity by foreign substances. Since bioactivation is central to many toxic syndromes, special interest is devoted to chemicals that undergo conversion to toxic metabolites...
Cover of Morse Theory and Floer Homology
by Michèle Audin, Mihai Damian
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013

This book is an introduction to modern methods of symplectic topology. It is devoted to explaining the solution of an important problem originating from classical mechanics: the 'Arnold conjecture', which asserts that the number of 1-periodic trajectories of a non-degenerate Hamiltonian system is...
Cover of Automated Theory Formation in Pure Mathematics
by Simon Colton
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence researchers have largely focused their efforts on solving specific problems, with less emphasis on 'the big picture' - automating large scale tasks which require human-level intelligence to undertake. The subject of this book, automated theory formation in...
Cover of Pathology of the Mesothelium
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Many books have been written about the pathology of the major organs of the body such as the lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract etc. Included in these are descriptions - often with a minor emphasis - of pathological conditions which affect their serosal surfaces. In this book I have endeavoured...
Cover of Patent Foramen Ovale
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014

This book is the ultimate reference on patent foramen ovale (PFO), a defect in the septum of the heart estimated to be present in more than twenty percent of the adult population and a proven cause of systemic embolism. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts in the field...
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Roads to Radiology

An Imaging Guide to Medicine and Surgery

by A.K. Dixon, T. Sherwood, D. Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Our pocket-book has come about as a direct attempt to answer the needs of our clinical students. We have tried to use radiology as a magic window for looking at their patients' medical and surgical problems. The book is very simple and highly selective. A number of excellent introductory texts already...
Cover of Transcatheter Embolization and Therapy
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010

Lee and Watkinson's Techniques in Interventional Radiology series of handbooks describes in detail the various interventional radiology procedures and therapies that are in current practice. The series covers procedures in angioplasty and stenting, transcatheter embolization and therapy, biopsy and...
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Breast Cancer

A Lobar Disease

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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010

The theory of the sick lobe states that breast carcinoma is a lobar disease developing most often within a single lobe, meaning that, at an early stage, breast carcinoma occupies a limited, anatomically well-defined portion of the breast. This theory unites observed patterns from the genetic, developmental...
Cover of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in Clinical Practice
by Andrew J.M. Boulton, Loretta Vileikyte
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011

Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in Clinical Practice provides a concise, didactic and essential resource for clinicians in the management of neuropathic pain in diabetic patients. This volume opens with overviews of epidemiology, classification and clinical features, including a discussion of the...
Cover of Management of Lung Cancer in Older People
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the management of older lung cancer patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The authors come from a broad geographic spread including the UK, mainland Europe and North America to ensure a worldwide relevance.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012

Over the last decade there has been a substantial increase in our understanding of the genetic basis of common disorders such as stroke. Stroke Genetics is designed to give the reader an overall understanding of the genetics of complex diseases by using stroke as a paradigm. The reader will gain a...
Cover of Management of Colorectal Cancers in Older People
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the management of older colorectal cancers patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The authors come from a broad geographic spread including the UK, mainland Europe and North America to ensure a worldwide relevance.
Cover of Emerging Concepts in Neuro-Oncology
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012

Having been a fairly dormant specialty for many decades, in recent years there has been a remarkable increase in activity in Neuro-oncology from basic science through to the clinics. Reflecting this there have been considerable advancements in the understanding of the biology of CNS malignancies which...
Cover of Diseases of the Human Carotid Body
by Paul Smith, Donald Heath
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery. Originally described as a ganglion, it was subsequently regarded as a gland, chromaffin paraganglion and non-chromaffin paraganglion. In 1928 it was shown to be a chemoreceptor with close associations with the function...
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