Published August, 2016
By Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo
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This book, besides reviewing basic and clinical aspects of Behcet's disease, covers the latest findings, including genetic studies and treatment with biologics for the disease.

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Published August, 2016
By Hiroaki Nomori and Morihito Okada
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Advances in CT have enabled us to detect small lung cancers, which has changed the lung cancer surgery from lobectomy to a lesser lobar resection such as a segmentectomy or wedge resection.

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Published August, 2016
By Masao Tanaka
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This book covers the whole field of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas. It reviews the various methods of investigation and also examines the development of malignancy to the timing and method of resection.

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Published August, 2016
By Yoshiyuki Nagai
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This book brings together in one source the SeV biology revealed by conventional approaches and reverse genetics, the methods to construct the first-generation SeV vector and to generate safer versions, and the applications in medical settings that have left or are about to leave the laboratory bench.

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Published August, 2016
By Kensaku Mori
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This book summarizes recent advances in understanding of the mammalian and fish olfactory system and provides perspective on the translation of external odor information into appropriate motivational and behavioral responses.

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Published August, 2016
By Ryoichiro Kageyama and Tetsuo Yamamori
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First, neural stem cells change their competency over time, giving sequential rise to distinct types of neurons and glial cells: initially deep layer neurons, then superficial layer neurons, and lastly astrocytes.

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Published August, 2016
By Nobutoshi Ando
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Esophageal cancer causes an estimated 386,000 deaths worldwide and is the sixth most common cause of death for men. Considering these East-West differences in esophageal cancer treatment, the currently available results of Western evidence should not be considered directly applicable to esophageal cancer in Asia.

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Published August, 2016
By Tatsuhisa Takahashi
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This book presents a new method for analyzing the structure and function of the biological branching systems of fractal trees, with a focus on microcirculation. Branching systems in humans (vascular and bronchial trees) and those in the natural world (plants, trees, and rivers) are characterized by a fractal nature.

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Published August, 2016
By Toshiko Sawaguchi
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is characterised by the sudden death of an infant that is not predicted by prior medical history and it is still responsible for a large percentage of infant mortalities.

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Published August, 2016
By Ke Xu and Susumu Terakawa
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In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom.

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