Although there are many social skills and interventions available for professionals and parents to teach children with autism spectrum disorder (AS...

The questions we ask in this book about cancer are actually quite elementary. What is the origin of cancer? Does cancer arise in any cell in the bo...

The Sub-Specialty Care of HIV-Infected Patients is a synthesis of current policies, practices, and recommendations regarding the management of HIV-...

The Thin Pink Line: Regulating Reproduction is a critical exploration of historical perspectives to modern controversial topics in gynecology; from...

The Urinary Bladder: Structure, Functions and Clinical Aspects describes the detailed anatomy of the bladder, including its external and internal f...

Surgery remains a challenge for young learners. Perhaps the most difficult of all surgeries are those done on the liver, biliary tree and pancreas....

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common disease in the primary malignant tumour of the liver. It is considered that the therapy for HCC i...

Thoracic lymphadenopathy consists of mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy. Thoracic lymph nodes are anatomically one of the most complex groups...

In humans, actinic keratosis is the most frequent lesion of the skin initiating a cascade of tumors ending with the squamous cell carcinoma, actini...

Decreased platelet counts can be due to a number of disease processes causing decreased platelet production, increased platelet destruction, or can...

Thrombohemostatic disorder is a common haematological problem. This book focuses on the "thrombohemostatic disorder" in several aspects including s...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a life-threatening occlusive disorder of the microcirculation that is characterized by systemic platelet agg...

Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignancy. The aetiology of thyroid cancer is not yet fully known, although several issues are thou...

The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. The thyroid controls how quickly the body burns energy, makes proteins, and how sen...

Thyroid nodules are commonly diagnosed in adults, although they are rare in children affecting only 1% - 2% of this population. Since the late 1960...

This practical guide to the management of thyroid nodules and cancer offers the practitioner a common-sense approach to the management of an increa...

Text in French & English. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thyroperoxidase and Thyroid Autoimmunity, held in Marseille (France), 2...

Tinnitus is not a disease, but rather a symptom or condition characterised by a conscious perception of an unreal sound in the absence of external ...

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine uses a combination of cells, scaffolding and bioreactive factors to treat a variety of pathological co...

In the last 40 years, the study of aortic heart valve replacements has had its roots in the work of great clinicians, scientists and biomedical eng...

This chapter is a monography concerning the possible role of tissue stiffness in the human carcinogenesis as well as its possible impact in the dia...

The tongue is a sensory-motor organ which is essential to deglutition, speech and generally to oral functions. Even a minor modification of the ton...