Encompasses the experience, knowledge and wisdom of more than 10 different authors. This work is equipped for the modern doctor with full-colour pictures on common problems such as rashes, scars and jaundice. It provides information on consent and how to handle common calls, and coverage of medications and doses, clinical skills and surgery.

Serves as an introductory text for use in immunology courses for undergraduates, graduate students and medical students. This book guides the reader through the immune system in different aspects - from the first engagement of innate immunity to the generation of the adaptive immune response and its clinical consequences.

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Offers an overview of the nuts and bolts of the immune system. This title provides an introduction to the essential principles of the immune system. It is suitable for exam preparation.

Bone is a common site of cancer metastases - cancer cells commonly develop in bone and spread to other organ systems through the bloodstream. This book provides data on bone cancer development, genomic and proteomic analyses, and clinical analyses, as well as therapeutic approaches and clinical trials for primary bone tumors and bone metastases.

Covers a range of diagnostic procedures, including pathologic, radiologic, bronchoscopic, and surgical aspects. This title helps you to determine the safest, shortest, least invasive way to reach an accurate diagnosis; stage the disease; and, choose the best initial treatment for early stages.

Examines the problem of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. This book discusses the problem of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries addressing the general global perspectives, the risk factors, trends, and possibilities for containment as they relate to specific conditions in those developing countries.

Offers coverage of microbiology and basic immunology, through a clinically relevant, systems-based approach. This title contains nearly 500 illustrations and emphasises the microbiology of the agents causing disease, and the diseases affecting individual organ systems.

In Hormone Therapy in Breast and Prostate Cancer, many of today's leading researchers and clinicians describe the principles underlying targeted hormonal treatments, assess the actions of new and established agents, and illustrate the new applications of hormonal chemoprevention for breast cancer. Topics range from preclinical and clinical antiestrogens to the inhibition of estrogen synthesis and

In the 19th century, the new field of medical bacteriology identified microorganisms and explained how they spread disease. This book relates the history of this discipline to the biography of one of its founders, Nobel Prize - winning German physician Robert Koch (1843-1910).

Cancer is a group of different diseases (more than 100) characterised by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Significant progress has been made in recent years in the battle against cancer and in understanding its underlying biological mechanisms. This book reveals the research in obtaining experimental treatments and cures.

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases affecting the heart. Among the many types of heart disease are, for example: angina; arrhythmia; congenital heart disease; coronary artery disease (CAD); dilated cardiomyopathy; and, heart attack. This book presents research on heart disease with a focus on men and heart disease.

Immunosuppression involves an act that reduces the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immuno-suppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression may occur as an adverse reaction to treatment of other conditions. This book presents the research in the field.

Presenting more than 35 common clinical cases, this book covers a comprehensive range of conditions and scenarios encountered in everyday practice in emergency departments and hospital wards. It adopts a problem-based learning approach designed to help students and interns develop their problem-solving skills and broaden their clinical experience.

Suitable for oncologists and cancer researchers, this work helps to determine effective drug treatments. It features not only anticancer drugs, but also other drugs that act upon related organ systems affected by cancer.

The importance of early prevention and treatment of sepsis has been greater. This title provides a much needed introduction and aid in the increasing efforts to reduce hospital infection and improve patient safety. It is suitable for junior medics, GPs, specialist nurses, critical care nurses and primary care staff.

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Explains the complex biology behind the roles fulfilled by different phagocyte linages. This book discusses the different cell types, and how they sense and respond to their environment. It explores the properties and function of the phagosome itself, which is linked with the divergent roles fulfilled by the professional phagocyte lineages.

Cancer treatment using Macromolecular therapeutics has considerably improved the survival benefit for the patients. This book assembles various types and aspects of macromolecular anticancer therapeutics for cancer therapy and conveys the importance of this interdisciplinary field.

Discusses the major clinical features of the antiphospholipid syndrome. With each chapter focusing on the different organs, this book provides a practical and reader-friendly reference for the different problems that might be encountered in clinical practice.