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Challenging the OrthodoxSchizophrenia: Challenging the Orthodox focuses on the most salient current issues in the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of schizophrenia, and critically analyses the evidence supporting many of the conventional opinions about the disease. Chapters by leading basic science and clinical researchers address some of the...

This book is an invaluable clinical reference for the therapeutic management of gastrointestinal and liver diseases which the gastroenterologist and trainee encounter in their practice. Various drugs and their interactions with their intended site and also with other drugs are discussed from a practical point of view. This book is not a treatise on...

Presents up-to-date summaries of recently completed and ongoing clinical trials.With writings from more than 35 internationally renowned experts, Gene Therapy in Lung Disease unlocks the biological mysteries ofinfection immunity cytokine behavior fibrosis and illustrates the use of gene therapy to treatlung cancer mesothelioma cystic fibrosis...

This extensively illustrated book provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia. With only three principal authors, there is a consistency of style within a comprehensive textbook that presents the basic science, pharmacology and clinical practice relevant to obstetric anaesthesia. Chapters cover topics...

Hepatitis, the leading indication for liver transplantation, is a straight-forward disease when it comes to diagnosis: it is a disease of pathology and is diagnosed by liver biopsy, with the result being either positive or negative. There is only one effective treatment: interferons. Nonetheless, new interferons are appearing on the market and Drs...

Diagnosis and ManagementAdvanced imaging technologies such as transvaginal sonography, 3D technology, and MRIs have opened up a new era in the prenatal diagnosis and management of central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities. An Atlas of Fetal Central Nervous System Disease: Diagnosis and Management contains over 100 images of congenital CNS...