The skin is composed of three layers of differentiated tissues. The most external layer is the epidermis, followed by the dermis and the hypodermis...

The first section of this book discusses Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI). There is no consensus on the definition of severe CDI, since it va...

The book is an extensive overview in the topic of superficial mycoses. The book deliberates on human fungi kingdom, pathogenesis of different super...

Crohn's disease is a chronic illness that afflicts millions of patients worldwide. Despite its increasing recognition as a medical specialty within...

The need for neuropathology reviews in epilepsy surgery tissues steadily increases. However, textbooks and case presentations highlighting and focu...

This book presents the latest research on the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) which is a branch of the autonomic nervous system. It is always acti...

Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change in strength. There are several underlying mechanism...

Aesthetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery is constantly evolving and progressing. The use of laser therapy and cosmetic procedures is vastly expan...

This book is the integrated presentation of a large body of work on understanding the operation of biological brains as systems. The work has been ...

Being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) can be a severe disappointment, and life after diagnosis can be defined as an existence fil...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the prototypical systemic autoimmune diseases characterised by inflammation, immune complex deposition...

Lupus is a condition of chronic inflammation caused by an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body's tissues ...

Progressive systemic sclerosis/scleroderma is a complex multi-organ autoimmune connective disease that has protean manifestations; although mostly ...

This book provides a comprehensive review of T cell vaccination which is a topic of significant interest in the field of Immunology. However, its a...

This is an edited collection covering a wide range of topics in the field of tachyarrhythmias. Among them is the general approach to the patient wi...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is a relatively new pathological concept in cardiovascular disease, originally described in the Japanese population a...

Tamoxifen was first approved in 1977 and up to now remains a noteworthy therapeutic weapon to treat mainly breast cancer. However, further consider...

Abnormal involuntary dyskinetic movements in schizophrenia patients have been documented for more than 140 years. However, after introducing into c...

Since the year 2000, exciting developments in cancer therapy have occurred. For decades in the 20th century, the hallmark of medical treatment for ...

Besides surgery, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy or chemotherapy, which were widely used in cancer patients for decades, the 21st century has ...

Endocrine malignancies are rare tumours that are derived from endocrine cells located throughout the body. They encompass a heterogeneous group of ...

The high-throughput techniques underlying a systems level analysis of biological organisms have emerged as powerful tools in the study of disease m...

This book presents the frightening story behind one of the most ominous trends in contemporary America. AIDS in adolescents is increasing at alarmi...