• Using Old Solutions to New Problems - Natural Drug Discovery in the 21st Century
    Using Old Solutions to New Problems - Natural Drug Discovery in the 21st Century NEW
    Editor Marianna Kulka
    ISBN 978-953-51-1158-0
    414 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 50
    The medicinal use of plants, animals and microorganisms has been a part of human evolution and likely began before recorded history. Is it possible that this knowledge can be used to create powerful new drugs and solve some of the human health probl ...
  • Functional Brain Mapping and the Endeavor to Understand the Working Brain
    Functional Brain Mapping and the Endeavor to Understand the Working Brain NEW
    Editor Francesco Signorelli and Domenico Chirchiglia
    ISBN 978-953-51-1160-3
    511 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 41
    Functional brain mapping has by now gained a high impact on research and clinical practice: huge funds are unveiled all over the world in order to boost the research and clinical applications of this field of neuroscience. The most successful approac ...
  • The Latest in Peritoneal Dialysis
    The Latest in Peritoneal Dialysis NEW
    Editor Abelardo Aguilera Peralta
    ISBN 978-953-51-1164-1
    106 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 29
    This book summarizes the advances and new concepts introduced in the last years on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and its complications. PD therapy is a renal replacement peritoneal membrane using a semi-permeable barrier to liquids and solutes. The abdomi ...
  • Amyloidosis
    Amyloidosis NEW
    Editor Dali Feng
    ISBN 978-953-51-1100-9
    239 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 137
    Amyloidosis is an uncommon disorder characterized by the deposition of extracellular amyloid proteins in tissues. Significant advancement has been made recently, which not only provides insight in to the pathophysiology of the disease but also helps ...
  • Cardiomyopathies
    Cardiomyopathies NEW
    Editor José Milei and Giuseppe Ambrosio
    ISBN 978-953-51-1103-0
    320 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 180
    The disease of the heart muscle may occur secondarily to common diseases, such as ischemic, hypertensive and valvular, among others. However, there is a group of conditions with intrinsic myocardial involvement from gene or multifactorial etiology, a ...
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Etiology, Diagnosis and Management - A Glance at the Future
    Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Etiology, Diagnosis and Management - A Glance at the Future NEW
    Editor Giuseppe Lo Giudice
    ISBN 978-953-51-1113-9
    192 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 100
    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible central vision loss in developed countries.There have been rapid developments of therapies that today can halt or even reverse aspects of vision loss resulting from AMD among ...
  • Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
    Calcific Aortic Valve Disease NEW
    Editor Elena Aikawa
    ISBN 978-953-51-1150-4
    529 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 128
    Due to population aging, calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) has become the most common heart valve disease in Western countries. No therapies exist to slow this disease progression, and surgical valve replacement is the only effective treatment. Ca ...
  • Principles and Practice of Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Principles and Practice of Cardiothoracic Surgery NEW
    Editor Michael S. Firstenberg
    ISBN 978-953-51-1156-6
    412 pages, June, 2013
    Downloads: 136
    The field of cardiothoracic surgery continues to evolve at a rapidly expanding rate. New technologies are under constant development and as patients present with more advanced pathophysiology and complex comorbidities, management becomes more depende ...