Published February, 2014
By Kazunori Sango and Junji Yamauchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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This book presents recent topics on the development, differentiation, and myelination of Schwann cells, as well as pathological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches for peripheral neuropathies, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseases, amyloid polyneuropathy, immune-mediated neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy.

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Published February, 2014
By Kimitaka Kaga
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: Modern Otology and Neurotology
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Although there have been books discussing postural responses of infants and children with vestibular disorders, this is the first to present the influence of peripheral vestibular disorders and central vestibular compensation comprehensively.

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Published February, 2014
By Sentaro Takahashi
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This book provides comprehensive research findings related to the environmental monitoring of radiation, levels of radioactive nuclides in various environments and dose estimation in residents after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident caused severe environmental contamination with radioactive nuclides.

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Published February, 2014
By Toshiyuki Matsui, Takayuki Matsumoto and Kunihiko Aoyagi
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For that reason, a large number of well-depicted examples of small intestinal lesions were assembled to clarify differences among small intestinal lesions that appear to exhibit similar findings and morphologies. Comparisons with radiographic findings comprise another important element in diagnosis.

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Published February, 2014
By Yoshiyuki Nagai
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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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 January, 2014
By Hirohiko Tsujii, Tadashi Kamada, Toshiyuki Shirai, Koji Noda, Hiroshi Tsuji and Kumiko Karasawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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With its practical focus, this book will benefit radiation oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and senior nurses whose work involves radiation therapy, as well as medical oncologists and others who are interested in radiation therapy.

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Published December, 2013
By Eisei Noiri and Norio Hanafusa
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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This pocket-sized manual offers a concise reference for therapeutic uses of apheresis. Includes myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, nephrotic syndrome, TTP/TMA and many others.

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Published December, 2013
By Hisanori Umehara, Kazuichi Okazaki, Shigeyuki Kawa, Mitsuhiro Kawano and John H. Stone
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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IgG4-related disease is a new systemic disease that has only recently been identified and characterized. A wealth of radiological and histopathological images helps clinicians to understand its characteristics in various organs as well as their clinical and basic medical backgrounds.

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Published December, 2013
By Kenshi Yao and Shoko Fujiwara
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Offering a detailed account of standard magnifying endoscopy able to visualize subepithelial mucosal microvessels, the smallest unit in the human body, this book includes material on narrow-band imaging and the early diagnosis of gastric neoplasias.

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Published December, 2013
By Shunei Kyo
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This book focuses on how ventricular assist devices (VADs) can help provide destination therapy for patients with terminal heart failure, one of the most serious diseases in the world today because of the tremendous number of patients, the high mortality rate, and the cost of care.

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