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Acinetobacter
Biology and Pathogenesis
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
There is currently increasing interest concerning the biology and disease caused by Acinetobacter species. Such interest, however, developed relatively slowly because of the necessity to clarify the confusing taxonomy of these organisms. Much work was needed to identify various species as members...
Glycoprotein Hormones
Structure, Function, and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Advances in the field of glycoprotein hormones necessitated a second international symposium on this topic, held March 11 to 14, 1993, in Santa Barbara, California, and again sponsored by Serono Symposia, USA. The meeting was twofold in its concept: (1) the dissemination of the current research in...
The Pediatric Spine III
Cysts, Tumors, and Infections
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is estimated that the fU,nctionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years. New specialties and "sub-specialization" are occurring at approximately an equal rate. Historically, established journals have not been able either to absorb...
Identity and Intimacy in Marriage
A Study of Couples
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Through the research on which this book reports, we have been given the unique opportunity to explore the complex nature of two of the most important issues in the lives of adults: identity and intimacy. It is with deep gratitude that we give credit to the 80 individuals in our sample who allowed...
by A.I. Kitaigorodskiy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Our main aim is to examine whether the atoms and molecules constituting the world around us are distributed in space in a random and disordered fashion, like pebbles on the beach, or in an ordered pattern like the cells of a honeycomb. However, it is often impossible to make such a clear-cut distinction,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2009
This volume provides a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the impact of stressful life events and mass trauma on the person, the culture and society in the course of the life span. It provides a comprehensive look at our psychological state of affairs at the beginning of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is estimated that the functionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years. New special ties and "sub-specialization" are occurring at approximately an equal rate. Historically, established journals have not been able either to absorb...
The Glaucoma Book
A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach to Patient Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Complete evidence-based medical and surgical management of glaucoma for both the general ophthalmologist in practice and residents
The only book that covers the new generation of glaucoma procedures including trabectome, trabecular bypass and canaloplasty, by the experts who developed them
Includes...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Pearls and Pitfalls in Oculoplastic Cosmetic Surgery , Second Edition addresses the need among physicians for cleanly distilled and clinically relevant information. The second edition of this popular text highlights the changes and updates to the ever expanding field of facial cosmetic...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Tinnitus is a prevalent hearing disease, affecting 15% of the population, particularly hearing impaired, veterans and even young people who grow up with mp3 players and iPods. The mechanisms underlying tinnitus remain controversial. At present there is no cure for tinnitus, and treatment options are...
Advances in Rapid Sex-Steroid Action
New Challenges and New Chances in Breast and Prostate Cancers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Breast and prostate cancers are both hormone-dependent, at least in some stages of their progression. Hormonal manipulation represents an important therapeutic approach. Although most of breast and prostate cancers initially respond to hormone therapy, most tumors reinitiate to growth. Finally, hormone-resistant...
by R.R. Claudet, Roger Brumback
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The United States Congress has designated the 1990s as the "Decade of the Brain" in recognition of the major importance of neurology and the other neurosciences in the health and well-being of Americans. It has been suggested that as many as 20% of all patients seeking medical treatment...
New Directions for Medical Education
Problem-based Learning and Community-oriented Medical Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Primary care medicine is the new frontier in medicine. Every nation in the world has recognized the necessity to deliver personal and primary care to its people. This includes first-contact care, care based in a positive and caring personal rela tionship, care by a single healthcare provider for...
The Core Concepts of Physiology
A New Paradigm for Teaching Physiology
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This book offers physiology teachers a new approach to teaching their subject that will lead to increased student understanding and retention of the most important ideas. By integrating the core concepts of physiology into individual courses and across the entire curriculum, it provides students with...