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 Laurent Degos and David R. Parkinson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: ESO Monographs
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Newer aspects of molecular mechanisms of retinoid effects, the cellular biology and the developmental effects of these compounds are presented together with a comprehensive description of the latest findings of retinoid pharmacology, toxicology and clinical effects in a wide range of hematological and solid malignancies.

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Published January, 2012
By K. Diebold
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie
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Published January, 2012
By G. Wagner, H. Schepank, P. E. Becker, A. Heigl-Evers, C. O. Kohler, Heinz Schepank and C. O. Koehler
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie
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Published January, 2012
By Antonio Pugliese, Alberto Gaiti and Cristiano Boiti
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Today, veterinary science experiences major development in all its fields as a consequence of continuous technological advances in diagnostic tools and breakthrough in applied genomics and biology.

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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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Published January, 2012
By F. Heuck and Friedrich Heuck
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbuch der medizinischen Radiologie Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology
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Published January, 2012
By Klaus Lucke and Horst Laqua
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Silicone oil was introduced into ophthalmic surgery by Paul Cibis in the early 1960's in an attempt to treat giant retinal tears and cases where retinal detachment had failed to respond to conventional scleral buckling tech niques.

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Published January, 2012
By K.L. Schmidt, W. Mohr, G. van den Berghe, Ursula Gresser, Nepomuk Zollner, R.D. de Abreu, G. Calabrese, D.J. McCarty, B.T. Emmerson, B. Gathof, M. Gonella, U. Gresser, I. Kamilli, J.G. Puig, H.A: Simmonds, R.W.E. Watts, N. Zöllner, W. Gröbner, W. Löffler, G. Nuki, D. Perrett, F. Roch-Ramel, M. Schattenkirchner, J.T. Scott, O. Sperling, R. Terkeltaub, H.F. Woods, Klaus L. Schmidt and Nepomuk Zoellner
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One person in four in the industrialized countries suffersfrom hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developinggouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the otherconsequences of urate deposition.

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Published January, 2012
By Peter Malfertheiner, A.S. Pena, Jose M. Pajares and A.Salvador Pena
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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In the rapidly evolving field of Helicobacter infection newdata on pathogenetic and pathophysiological mechanism haveappeared. On the treatment side schemesusing short courses and new antibiotic combinations arebeing investigated and preliminary data are reported.

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