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  • Down Syndrome
    Down Syndrome
    Editor Subrata Kumar Dey
    ISBN 978-953-51-1036-1
    261 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 315
    Down syndrome, the most cutting-edge book in the field congenital disorders. This book features up-to-date, well referenced research and review articles on Down syndrome. Research workers, scientists, medical graduates and pediatricians will find it ...
  • Novel Gene Therapy Approaches
    Novel Gene Therapy Approaches
    Editor Ming Wei and David Good
    ISBN 978-953-51-0966-2
    396 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 685
    Gene therapy has the potential to be a tailor-made therapeutic with increased specificity and decreased side effects that can offer a "cure" for many disorders. The aim of this book is to provide up-to-date reviews of the rapidly growing field of ge ...
  • Gastric Carcinoma- New Insights into Current Management
    Gastric Carcinoma- New Insights into Current Management
    Editor Daniela Lazăr
    ISBN 978-953-51-0914-3
    293 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 666
    Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. There are no screening tests available for its diagnosis, therefore patients usually presents in late stages, associated with poor prognosis. Currently, many efforts ...
  • Genetic Disorders
    Genetic Disorders
    Editor Maria Puiu
    ISBN 978-953-51-0886-3
    344 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 743
    Human genetics is the medical field with the most rapid progress. This book aims to provide an overview on some of the latest developments in several genetic diseases. It contains 14 chapters focused on various genetic disorders addressing epidemiolo ...
  • Malignant Mesothelioma
    Malignant Mesothelioma
    Editor Carmen Belli and Santosh Anand
    ISBN 978-953-51-0901-3
    120 pages, December, 2012
    Downloads: 366
    This book brings together the knowledge of eminent experts in the field of malignant mesothelioma, a highly invasive tumor of mesothelium that is the protective lining covering several body cavities. Malignant mesothelioma shows extremely poor progre ...
  • Studies in Population Genetics
    Studies in Population Genetics
    Editor M. Carmen Fusté
    ISBN 978-953-51-0588-6
    168 pages, August, 2012
    Downloads: 768
    This book deals with central concepts in population genetics, describing the main evolutionary processes that influence the allele frequency distribution and change. The different chapters discuss topics such as population size and structure, migrati ...
  • Muscular Dystrophy
    Muscular Dystrophy
    Editor Madhuri Hegde and Arunkanth Ankala
    ISBN 978-953-51-0603-6
    544 pages, May, 2012
    Downloads: 958
    With more than 30 different types and subtypes known and many more yet to be classified and characterized, muscular dystrophy is a highly heterogeneous group of inherited neuromuscular disorders. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the var ...
  • Male Infertility
    Male Infertility
    Editor Anu Bashamboo and Kenneth David McElreavey
    ISBN 978-953-51-0562-6
    194 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 1034
    Male infertility is a multifaceted disease where genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors all contribute to the development of the phenotype. In recent years, there has been an increasing concern about a decline in reproductive health, parallele ...