Published December, 2007
By W. P. Andrew Lee, Charles W. Hewitt, Chad R. Gordon, W.P. Andrew Lee and Andrew W.P. Lee
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This brilliant synthesis summarizes all of the recent accomplishments - as well as the ongoing research - in the field of composite tissue transplantation. It includes sections on hand transplantation and vascularized bone marrow transplantation.

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Published December, 2007
By Sara Blakeley
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Competency-Based Critical Care
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Increased recognition of the overlap between critical care and renal medicine, and recent advances in the understanding of acute renal failure and the application of renal replacement therapies, have brought increased attention to the nephrologist's role in the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Published November, 2007
By Elias Greenbaum, Mark S. Humayun, James D. Weiland, Gerald J. Chader and Gerald Chader
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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This book describes advances in implantable neural stimulation technology to restore partial sight to people who are blind from retinal degnerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retintis pigmentosa.

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Published October, 2007
By Alexander A. Bankier, A.L. Baert, A. Bankier and A. L. Baert
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Medical Radiology
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With contributions by numerous experts

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Published July, 2007
By Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Di Lorenzo and Nicola Lorenzo
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book discusses the effects of emerging technologies on surgeons and surgical practice. Next, the book reviews tissue engineering and artificial organs, genetic engineering, stem cells, emerging transplantation technologies and the brain-machine interface.

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Published May, 2007
By Jochen Taupitz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim
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Published May, 2007
By Nicholas R. Banner, Julia M. Polak and Magdi H. Yacoub
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides a detailed account of the principles and practice of contemporary lung transplantation. It covers pulmonary vascular and parenchymal lung disease, which necessitate transplantation, together with all aspects of the multidisciplinary management of lung transplant patients, and concludes by looking at future treatments for advanced respiratory failure.

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Published May, 2007
By Claudio Ponticelli
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
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This book acquaints the clinicians with the most frequent problems that may occur after kidney transplantation. It deals with the most worrying extra-renal complications that may affect the kidney transplant recipient, namely infection, cardiovascular disease and malignancy.

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Published May, 2007
By Meral Beksac
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine
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This volume is a compendium of cutting-edge molecular methods for the successful transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells. They describe promising tools for stem cell transplant research models, such as in vivo bioluminescence imaging. They discuss HLA typing, PCR-SSP typing, and HLA antigens.

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Published April, 2007
By Ron Shapiro, Henkie P. Tan and Amadeo Marcos
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Living Donor Transplantation

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