Published December, 2011
By Benno Runnebaum, Thomas Rabe, Ludwig Kiesel and Benno Clemens Runnebaum
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book describes and discusses latest findings concerning the advantages as well as hazard and risk factors of contraception. In addition, behavioral methods, intrauterine devices, implants and modern approaches in animal and clinical research in the field of immunization against pregnancy are considered.

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Published December, 2011
By Donald Pfaff, Detlev Ganten, I.M. Cooke, H. Duve, D.K. Hartline, G.I. Hatton, W.J. Malaisse, R.W. Newcomb, L.J. Parry, D.A. Poulain, F. Strumwasser, E.L. Stuenkel, Brian Pickering, A.J.S. Summerlee, D.T. Theodosis and A. Thorpe
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Neuroendocrinology
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The role of electrical signalling in the control of endocrine secretions by the brain has been clear for many years. This volume concentrates on the relation between these two fields and asks how electrical action potentials facilitate secretion of substances from nerve cells which control endocrine events.

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Published December, 2011
By Michael Weiss, Hermann Rieder and Michael Weiß
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published December, 2011
By Gerhard Klose and Gerald Klose
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Die Ergebnisse weisen sowohl atiologisch und pathogenetisch wie auch durch die verschiedenen Manifestationen der Atherosklerose klinisch komplexe Zusammenhange auf, die sehr unterschiedliche praventive therapeutische Ansatze begrunden.

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Published December, 2011
By Victor R. Preedy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Growth is one of the human body's most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. The Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease brings this significant and complex field together in one comprehensive volume: impact of adverse variables on growth patterns;

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Published December, 2011
By Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis and Andrea C. Gore
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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Mounting evidence stemming from more than 10 years of experimental, epidemiological and clinical studies has transformed the once generally discounted subject of endocrine disruptors into an issue of tremendous concern not only within the scientific community but among society as a whole.

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Published December, 2011
By Juan Dominguez-Bendala
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
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From the discovery of Pdx1, the first "master gene" of pancreatic development, to the most recent findings on the role of microRNAs in beta cell homeostasis, the last fifteen years have seen an unprecedented advance in our understanding of the precise development and organization of the many different cell types that make up the pancreas.

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Published December, 2011
By Rajeev Chawla
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Concise overview of complications in diabetes covering complications affecting all parts of the body.

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Published November, 2011
By Claire Stocker
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Leading investigators provide up-to-date explanations of laboratory protocols commonly used in diabetes research. Covering in vivo and in vitro model systems, the volume includes an overview of how cellular dysfunction and degeneration leads to diabetes.

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Published November, 2011
By Jean-Marie Saudubray, Georges Van Den Berghe and John H. Walter
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Now in its 5th edition, this is the standard text for identification and management of patients with inborn errors of metabolism. Updates include newly discovered disorders and a chapter on clinical presentation of metabolic diseases in the older age range.

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