Published May, 2006
By Jeffrey M. Weinberg and Robin Buchholz
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the development, pharmacology, efficacy, and safety of the currently available TNF-alpha inhibitors. Elevated levels of TNF-alpha have been demonstrated in Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting a role for TNF-alpha in their pathogenesis.

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Published May, 2006
By Gian Gaetano Delaini and S.M. Goldberg
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are complex diseases. Despite increased knowledge on the pathophysiological process, many aspects remain rather unclear, especially concerning IBD. This book gathers current methods of treatment of these diseases and also presents the management of their complications.

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Published May, 2006
By Gerard Amarenco, A. Chantraine and G. Amarenco
Publisher: Springer (Springer Editions)
Series: Collection de L'Académie Européenne de Médecine de Réadaptation
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Published May, 2006
By John Walker-Smith and W. A. Walker
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Helps paediatric gastroenterologists to understand the development and future direction of their specialty by placing clinical practice in its historical perspective. This book opens with a chapter by Sir David Innes Williams, which analyses the factors which influence the development of paediatric specialties in general.

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Published April, 2006
By Pierre-Alain Clavien, Paul G. Killenberg, Alastair Smith, Beat Mullhaupt, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Paul G Killenberg MD, Alastair Smith MD, Beat Müllhaupt MD, Beat M?llhaupt and PC Killenberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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Management of liver transplant patients - before, during and after transplantation * Provides a well-balanced view of medical care & surgical treatments * Contains expanded section on special considerations in liver transplant patients * Includes the very latest information concerning complications.

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Published April, 2006
By Hiroshi Handa, Yukio Yamaguchi and Yuki Yamaguchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
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Hepatitis Delta Virus is an up-to-date guide to hepatitis D virus (HDV), a human virus with a number of distinctive features. Each chapter of this book describes one of the broad aspects of HDV from virology to molecular biology, and from diagnosis to therapy.

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Published April, 2006
By James D. Begg
Publisher: Elsevier (Churchill Livingstone)
Series: Made Easy
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Focusing on how to interpret abdominal radiographs, this book is useful for medical students and junior doctors. It outlines the few simple rules you need to follow, then explains how to sort out the initial and apparently overwhelming jumble of information, which constitutes the abdominal X-ray.

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Published April, 2006
By Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Isabella Schvll, Krisztina Szalai, Isabella Schc6ll, Isabella Schll, Isabella Schall, Isabella Scholl and Isabella Schoell
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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Umfassend: Dieser Ein- und UEberblick uber pathophysiologische Prinzipien als Basis zu Klinik, Diagnostik und Therapie des Gastrointestinaltraktes. Ausfuhrlich geht die Autorin auf die Beteiligung des mukosalen Immunsystems ein. Verstandlich schildert sie basale Prinzipien der Allergo- und Immunologie.

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Published April, 2006
By R.J. Nicholls, M. Pescatori, C.I. Bartram and A.P. Zbar
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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2-D and 3-D anal ultrasound are among the most recent and advanced tools available for both the diagnosis and the management of anorectal diseases. Anal US may provide the clinician with useful information for both classification, diagnosis and management of anorectal sepsis, anal incontinence and anorectal-perineal chronic pain.

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Published April, 2006
By J. Girona, Joachim Lange, Bernward Mvlle, Josef Girona, Bernward Mc6lle, Bernward Mlle, Bernward Malle, Jochen Lange and Bernward Molle
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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