Parkinson's disease, a common neurologic disorder of dopamine dysfunction, is characterized by motor, cognitive, psychiatric and autonomic symptoms...

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. ...