Despite a wealth of epidemiological evidence of the profound ill-effects of smoking on human health, we know surprisingly little about the pathogen...

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer and a second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. Despite their ...

Food-borne illness remains a major problem throughout the world. In the United States, for example, it is estimated that there are over 48 million ...

Molluscum contagiosum is a common but always unvalued poxvirus infection of skin disease. The clinical, pathogenic, epidemiological and therapeutic...

The creation of the science on stem cells and development of its theoretical bases is a prevalent topic today, taking into account comparative evol...

Through time, an organism gains the ability to actively control purpose and then transform it into inventiveness. With this transformation, the psy...

The advances of basic sciences combined with the perspectives of developmental neurology have recently modified the traditional outlook on the evol...

This book adheres to strict scientific principles and is designed to explore the whole aspect of gallstone disease from the micro world of the gene...

The motor neuron diseases (or motor neuron diseases) (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells ...

Motor neuron disease (MND), also commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system...

Motor neuron disease (MND), also commonly known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder of the motor system...

This book is based on the conference on Movement and Cognition held in July 2018 at the Joseph B. Martin Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston...

This book is based on the conference on "Movement and Cognition" held in July 2019 at the Tel Aviv University in Israel, where an opportunity was p...

Book & DVD. This book covers a wide range of disease conditions that are characterised by involuntary movements possibly associated with signs ...

As part of the mucosal immune system, the intestine plays a paramount role in the immune response in all vertebrates. The mucosal immunity includes...

Multiple myeloma (also known as myeloma or plasma cell myeloma) is a progressive hematologic disease. It is a cancer of the plasma cell, an importa...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a haematological malignancy characterised by the clonal expansion of monoclonal immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells in t...

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system which leads to neuronal demyelination. As the disease progresses...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, auto-immune and degenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Depending on the region affec...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and one of the leading causes of di...

Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most common neurological disorders leading to disability. Many cases of Multiple Sclerosis are diagnosed late espe...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults. During an MS attack, inflammation occurs in areas of th...

Sufficient levels of muscle strength, defined as the maximal force an individual is capable of exerting during a voluntary contraction, is a critic...

Muscular Dystrophies include a heterogeneous series of diseases that range from childhood to adult onset cases, of difficult diagnosis and treatmen...

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) are one of the leading classes of health effects and can be caused by various factors, work related and non-work re...

This book is a simple case-by-case approach to the many different types of orthopaedic fractures. The book is being written for residents, registra...

In this compilation, the authors review the biological aspects of myelodysplastic syndrome disease, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as innovation...

In spite of tremendous advances in the field, the current understanding of pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) remains limited. Further...

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a family of clonal haematopoietic stem cells disorders characterized by dysplasia, ineffective hematopoiesis and ...

Myeloproliferative disorders are a group of clonal haematological neoplasms characterised by proliferation of one or more cells of myeloid lineage....

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The almost exclusive cause of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), includ...

Myocardial ischemia results from a reduction in coronary blood flow to the working myocardium, which leads to a corresponding decrease in oxygen de...

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is the most commonly used non-invasive stress imaging test for the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary...

For millions of Americans, the heartbreak of watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer's disease is a pain they know all too well. Alzheimer's d...

This book provides the current knowledge and recent developments to navigate cellular, molecular, and clinical aspects of natriuretic peptides and ...

Worldwide, human life is headed for longevity. On the other hand, humans have a desire to stay healthy and live longer. However, synthetic drugs ar...

Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a heterogeneous group of T cells that share properties of both T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Many of thes...

This book presents the Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy which took place on 19 to 21 February 1988 in ...

The end of 2015 has brought the end of WHO’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have achieved a significant, though patchy improvement in gl...

In this book, the authors present new research in the study of neonatal care. Topics discussed include the effects of maternal stress and intrauter...

Newborn infants, including term infants, who are admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) usually have various perinatal unfavorable con...

From World Health Organization data, the prevalence of hearing impairment among infants varies between 0.5 and 3.0 cases per thousand, but in child...

Nephrolithiasis is the third most common diagnosis involving the urinary tract, exceeded only by urinary tract infections and prostate conditions. ...

This book is intended for use by nephrologists, internists, hospitals, trainees in these specialties and indeed anyone interested in renal medicine...

This multi-author book is an important contribution to the fields of nephrology and nephropathology, which is primarily focused on the discussion o...