Published January, 2012
By Bertram Fraser-Reid and Bert Fraser-Reid
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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More than just coincidence connects a Tate & Lyle lawsuit and artificial sweetener to Jamaican-born Chemist Bert Fraser-Reid.

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Published January, 2012
By Makoto Kuro-o
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) have been recognized primarily as autocrine/paracrine factors that regulate embryonic development and organogenesis. These endocrine FGFs share a common structural feature that enables the endocrine mode of action at the expense of the affinity to FGF receptors.

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Published January, 2012
By Robert Rapaport
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles that give an overview of current issues facing the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving endocrinology and metabolism. This title provides clinical reviews on newborn screening, congenital hypothyroidism, neonatal endocrinology, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in pediatrics.

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Published January, 2012
By Gisela Dallenbach-Hellweg and Frederick, D. Dallenbach
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Reevaluation of tumor classification, differential diagnosis and differential therapy based on modern knowledge. Revision of all chapters to incorporate new facts based on recent discoveries.

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Published January, 2012
By M. Maggiolini, Sebastiano Ando, G.de Luca, Carlo Brancati and M. Bria
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Endocrine glands may be involved in patients with thalassemia major. Internationally acknowledged experts give a state-of-the-art account of physiopathological and therapeutical approaches to endocrine disorders in thalassemia and focus on such topics as growth hormones, thyroid diseases, puberty, hypogonadism, diabetes, and bone metabolism.

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Published January, 2012
By Alan H. Cruickshank and Emyr W. Benbow
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Derived from 40 years' experience in diagnostic surgical pathology and autopsy rooms, this book deals with the gross and microscopic structure of the normal pancreas, placing a special focus on structural abnormalities.

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Published January, 2012
By Donald Pfaff, Detlev Ganten, Y. Arai and Detlef Ganten
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Neuroendocrinology
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With contributions by numerous experts

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Published January, 2012
By Helmut Greim, Emel Arinc, John B. Schenkman, Y. Yoshida, E.R. Simpson, J.-A. Gustafsson, E. Arinc, W.L. Backes, I. Benveniste, Roger Bernard, L.S. Birnbaum, S.D. Black, J. Blanck, E. Bresnick, M.J. Coon, C.J. Corbin, K.M. Curnow, A.K. Daly, X. Ding, J. Doehmer, F. Durst, M.J. Fasco, R. Feyereisen, Y. Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. Funae, F.J. Gonzales, S.E. Graham-Lorence, R.W. Gray, H. Greim, F.P. Guengerich, D.K. Hammond, B.W. Hollis, J.R. Idle, S. Imaoka, I. Jansson, C. Jung, O. Käppeli, L.S. Kaminsky, H. Kappus, C.B. Kasper, R. Kato, M.W. Kilgore, W.N. Kühn-Velten, W. Levin, M.S. Mahendroo, M.A. Marletta, G.D. Means, C.R. Mendelson, D. Müller-Enoch, M. Noshiro, R.S. Obach, T. Ogishima, K. Okuda, T. Omura, P.R. Ortiz de Montellano, L. Pascoe, H. Rein, K. Ruckpaul, D.E. Ryan, D. Sanglard, J.B. Schenkman, L.R. Schwarz, A.L. Shen, J.F. Sinclair, P.R. Sinclair, K. Sogawa, J.J. Stegeman, D.J. Stralka, H.W. Strobel, G. Strobl, L.E. Vickery, M. Warner, D.J. Waxman, K.A. White, P.C. White, T. White, F.J. Wiebel, K. Wikvall, T. Wolff, Y. Yamazoe and P. Zimniak
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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Published January, 2012
By D. T. Krieger
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Monographs on Endocrinology
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It took approximately 90 years to isolate this elusive vital factor - cortisone - from beef adrenal cortices, independently by both Reichstein and his co-workers in Basle and Kendall and his group in the United States and another 10-15 years before it became more generally available for experimental and clinical use.

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Published January, 2012
By Allison D. Fryer, Arthur Christopoulos and Neil M. Nathanson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors have played a key role in the advancement of knowledge of pharmacology and neurotransmission since the inception of studies in these fields. This volume also describes physiological analyses of muscarinic receptors and their roles in regulating the function of the brain and of a variety of peripheral tissues.

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