Published January, 2008
By Graham Pawelec
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Understanding the reasons for age-associated alterations to protective immunity in the elderly would ultimately improve and extend healthspan. The majority of the papers collected in this remarkable and timely volume address the mechanisms responsible for immune ageing in humans.

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Published June, 2007
By Alan R. Saltiel and Jeffrey E. Pessin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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This book attempts to dissect the complexity of the molecular mechanisms of insulin action with a special emphasis on those features of the system that are subject to alteration in type 2 diabetes and other insulin resistant states.

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Published September, 2006
By Gian Franco Baronzio, E. Dieter Hager and Gian F. Baronzio
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Following an introductory overview, Hyperthermia In Cancer Treatment: A Primer comprehensively describes the biological reasons for associating hyperthermia with radiation and chemotherapy and the biological and clinical effects of hyperthermia on cancerous and normal tissues.

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Published July, 2006
By Jorge R. Oksenberg and David Brassat
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Although genetic components in these diseases are clearly present, the lack of obvious and homogeneous modes of transmission has slowed progress by prevent ing the full exploitation of classical genetic epidemiologic techniques.

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Published June, 2006
By Adayabalam Balajee
Publisher: Springer (Springer US)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Published April, 2006
By Jorg Reichrath and Joerg Reichrath
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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This book provides a comprehensive, highly readable overview of our current knowledge of the molecular pathology of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. The book will interest researchers or clinicians interested in the carcinogenesis and biology of basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas.

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Published April, 2006
By Hiroshi Handa, Yukio Yamaguchi and Yuki Yamaguchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Hepatitis Delta Virus is an up-to-date guide to hepatitis D virus (HDV), a human virus with a number of distinctive features. Each chapter of this book describes one of the broad aspects of HDV from virology to molecular biology, and from diagnosis to therapy.

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Published April, 2006
By Gil Mor
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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This book covers in detail contemporary hypotheses and studies related to the immunology of implantation and provides a practical approach for the application of basic reproductive immunology research to pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, pre-term labor and IUGR.

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Published April, 2006
By Carlos Rosales
Publisher: Springer (Springer US)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Published April, 2006
By Gerald J. Prud'homme
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Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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