Parkinson’s disease, first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson (1755-1824) in 1817 as shaking palsy, is a neurodegenerative disorder t...

The contents of this volume focuses on the relationship between passive smoking and cardiovascular pathology. Findings concerning the harmful effec...

This book, which is an updated new edition in 2012 of an earlier book of 2007, addresses the role of passive smoking in causing the multiple aspect...

This book offers a comprehensive review on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a particular focus on the relationship between the pathobiology of d...

It is well established that in auto-immune diseases there is a chronic systemic inflammatory process that predominantly affects the joints. This ha...

Breast tumours are one of the most worrisome and challenging problems for surgeons and pathologists. In this book, the authors present research in ...

The aim of this 7-chapter, single-author textbook is to overview and illustrate pathological features of skin infections caused by bacteria, fungi,...

This monograph is an up-to-date, in-depth and more advanced continuation of its accompanying monograph entitled Brain-Body Interactions: Contempora...

Rapid advances on molecular studies, manipulation of the mouse genome, the development of a number of animal models, and using these in studies of ...

Food allergies have a considerable impact on modern society. Some of the most severe allergic reactions occur when peanuts and peanut derivatives a...

The peanut is an important crop grown on over 21 million hectares worldwide. Although peanuts have had an adverse image due to their content in sat...

The integument (the natural covering of an organism or an organ, such as its skin, husk, shell, or rind) is the largest organ system of the human b...

The book is written for practitioners by specialists, who are passionate about improving the future for our children and adolescents. Adolescent se...

Despite the fact that much evidence exists to prove that bipolar disorder effects a large amount of children, during the past century doctors have ...

The diagnosis and treatment of cancer can be a stressful and threatening experience, particularly for children. This book will shed light on the im...

Pediatric critical care is an emotionally and intellectually demanding field of medicine; however, it is at its core the discipline focused on savi...

The future of persons with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is continuing to "look brighter" with the advent of biomedical technology. Nevertheless, the ac...

Congress reauthorized two laws in 2007, the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) and the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA). PREA require...

Epilepsy in children may take on very different forms ranging from mild to severe disabling syndromes. For certain kinds of refractory epilepsy res...

Pain in a newborn, child, or adolescent is a complex phenomenon that can be acute or chronic, mild or severe, and invoke complex reactions in the p...

The author's main goal in this book is to introduce the beginning student or pediatric resident to a systematic method of medical decision making. ...

Medical Simulation has become a standard training tool for novice providers and master clinicians alike. In a controlled environment, everything fr...

This book provides a didactic and fluid approach for medical students and interns, and enables them to understand and integrate the major themes of...

Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures that otolaryngologists perform. Early in residency, most trainees are heavily influenced by thei...

Tissue engineering is a multi-disciplinary field that is continually evolving and functions through the amalgamation of principles and practices de...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an entity whose diagnosis is not always easy. The PID comprises a wide range of clinical forms ranging from ba...

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is the most frequent condition inside the pemphigus group, especially in Europe and North America. It is the prototype of a...

This book gathers all up-to-date information regarding the historical perspectives, clinical manifestations, pathomechanism, diagnostic methodology...

Aims and Scope: Although penile cancer is uncommon in the industrialized world, it is highly prevalent in certain regions of the globe such as Sout...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has entered its third decade, as it had gone through a PTCA era, BMS era, and entered into the DES era. Th...

The increasing number of small renal tumours being detected had led to the recent development of nephron-sparing surgery. Cryotherapy has become an...

Percutaneous valve technology has received tremendous interest in the last few years from both clinicians and public as a direct result of advancem...

This volume is based on a highly successful conference dedicated to Perinatal brain damage: from pathogenesis to neuroprotection. Neonatologists, p...

There has been a shift in the delivery of trauma and orthopaedic services from the specialised to the sub-specialised, while being coupled with a g...

In this compilation, the authors discuss peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare but serious form of heart failure affecting women in the last mon...

This is a concise summary of information on the incidence, diagnosis, classification and non-surgical treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD)....

This book is a review of studies on the physiopharmacology of the peripheral fibres involved in nociception. It examines the substances that are di...

Peripheral neuropathy is a common medical condition, the diagnosis of which is often protracted or delayed. It is not always easy to relate a neuro...

Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death among all gynecological neoplasms. Ovarian epithelial cancer represents approximately 90% of all o...

This book provides new research on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Chapter One reviews the practices and principles of peritoneal dialysis. Chapter Two f...

This book describes the different aspects of aortic valve including comprehensive discussion of the state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging options, di...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of Alzheimer's disease. Topics discussed include Alzheimer's disease in adults with ...

Natural products are the most successful source of drugs. Of the 877 small-molecule new chemical entities introduced between 1981 and 2002, roughly...

10e Congrès mondial de l'Union internationale de phlébologie.