Published January, 2010
By Michael Lim, Isaac Yang and Michael J. Lim
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Discusses developments in Immunotherapy. This title covers such topics as immunostimulants, Passive Antibody Mediated Immunotherapy, Clinical Applications of A Peptide Based Vaccine, Challenges for Clinical Design of Immunotherapy Trials, The EGFRv3 Peptide Vaccine, and Stem Cell Therapy and Dendritic Cell Vaccines.

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Published January, 2010
By Andrew Harver and Harry Kotses
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Asthma is on the rise, especially among poor urban minorities. There's still no cure, but the disease can be controlled, and this book offers the vital information officials need to develop the most effective public health response to this troubling disease.

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Published December, 2009
By Istvan Berczi, Barry G.W. Arnason and Barry G. W. Arnason
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier Science Ltd)
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It is well recognized that the brain, and especially the hypothalamus, plays an important role in the regulation of immune reactions and inflammation. This book aims to review our current state of knowledge of this important field. It presents key historical findings and examines the reciprocal interactions between the brain and the immune system.

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Published December, 2009
By Stephen Prendiville
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Covers such topics as: Concomitant Resurfacing and Facial Implants in Facelift; Complications of Facelift; Anesthesia and Facility in Facelift; Concomitant Fillers in Facelift; Short Scar Vertical U Lift; Deep Plane Facelift; SMAS Facelift Technique; Neck Contouring; Facelift and the Heavy Face; Male Facelift; and, Pearls in Facelift Management.

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Published December, 2009
By Alexzander A.A. Asea, Bente K. Pedersen and Alexzander A. A. Asea
Publisher: Springer
Series: Heat Shock Proteins
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Heat Shock Proteins and Whole Body Physiology is an exciting new book in the Heat Shock Proteins series which provides the most up-to-date review on novel mechanisms insights into the important role played by heat shock proteins in human physiology.

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Published December, 2009
By Munther A. Khamashta, Maria L. Bertolaccini and Oier Ateka-Barrutia
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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This book discusses the major clinical features of the antiphospholipid syndrome. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of this disease, the primary readership groups are general and internal medicine physicians and sub-specialties, including rheumatologists, hematologists, cardiovascular physicians, and obstetricians, among others.

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Published December, 2009
By Antonio A. de Freitas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
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Published December, 2009
By Kerry S. Campbell and Marco Colonna
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Research has revealed that natural killer (NK) cells are sentinels of the innate immune response. This text offers detailed protocols plus the latest methods and techniques designed to study NK cells within specialized tissue sites in both mice and humans.

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Published December, 2009
By Andrew W. Artenstein
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Vaccines: A Biography seeks to fill a void in the extant literature by focusing on the history of vaccines and in so doing, recounts the social, cultural, and scientific history of vaccines;

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Published December, 2009
By Duane F. Bruley and Eiji Takahashi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT, www. These have been published first by Plenum Publishing (1973), then by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers and presently by Springer Publishing, all in the Advances In Expe- mental Medicine and Biology Series.

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