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Despite being the most common respiratory disorder in the developed world and the fourth leading cause of death in the US, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has received little attention compared to other lung diseases. Often it is not diagnosed until in its advanced stage. An Atlas of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease provides a...

Lung Cancer Therapy Annual outlines key aspects in early diagnosis, classification and staging, and reviews in depth the current literature, discussing the latest developments in treatment and summarizing the most recent data in the field of chemotherapy and biologic therapy....

With contributions from renowned specialists, Women's Issues in Thrombosis and Hemostasis examines the background and management of a range of topics. After providing a comprehensive overview of basic principles, the book explores common clinical issues, including complications of pregnancy, such as inherited or acquired thrombophilia and the risk...

New Concepts and DevelopmentsIt has become clear that scientific discoveries and technological advances leading to novel practices are occurring more quickly than they can be assessed by either clinical trials or scientific evaluation. Nonetheless, important breakthroughs have been made in the development of new treatments with significant...

A Case-Oriented ApproachSince 1986, when stents were first inserted into human coronary arteries, hundreds of thousands have been implanted, as they have become the universal panacea for complications and for complex lesion subsets. Illustrated throughout with angiograms Coronary Artery Stenting looks at the latest technologies and the resulting...

Focusing on basic experimental diabetes research, this text is a useful resource for graduate students, research fellows, basic academic and pharmacological researchers, and clinical investigators. Fifty-one international specialists discuss the mechanisms of insular resistance, as discerned from a variety of animal models. Nineteen chapters...