Published December, 2011
By Joel Dimsdale
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Divided into sections on diagnostic issues surrounding psychosomatic disorders, diverse conceptual models, biology of psychosomatic disorders, forensic issues, and treatment, this issue covers both adult and children's psychosomatic medicine. It also explores topics such as: neural imaging, inflammation, disability assessments, and, malingering.

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Published December, 2011
By Thomas Choueri
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Covers such topics as: Epidemiology of RCC; New Insights into the Biology of RCC; Pathology of Renal Neoplasms; Imaging in RCC; Small Renal Tumors: Prognosis and Management; The Role of Surgery in the management of RCC: Nephrectomy and metastatectomy; Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: Rationale and current Applications; and, more.

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Published December, 2011
By Mark A. Moyad
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Urology. This title covers such topics as chronic pelvic pain, male and female sexual dysfunction, kidney stones, and prostate cancer, as well as the use of dietary supplements to assist in the treatment of these conditions.

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Published December, 2011
By Fred Poordad
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Hepatitis C Virus is a quickly evolving area within hepatology owing to various medical therapies. This title includes review articles devoted to the following medical therapies: Boceprevir, Telaprevir, Protease Inhibitors in Development, NS5B Nucleoside and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors.

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Published December, 2011
By Alice C. Levine
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes information about hormones and cancer of the breast and prostate. This book focuses on the breast, and covers topics that include: the role of sex steroids and their receptors in normal breast development; estrogen carcinogenesis in breast cancer; postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and the risk of breast cancer; and, more.

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Published December, 2011
By Michael Niederman and Michael S. Niederman
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Provides information on pneumonia, including healthcare associated pneumonia, diagnostic tests for pneumonia, epidemic viral pneumonia and other emerging pathogens, biomarkers to optimize antibiotic therapy for pneumonia, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to improve management of penumonia.

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Published December, 2011
By Anvar Velji
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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In an age of increasing globalization, the infectious disease problems of one country have an impact on nations throughout the world. This title addresses the problems of global health. It focuses on priorities for improving health around the world.

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Published December, 2011
By Stuart L. Silverman
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Explores important topics in the treatment of osteoporosis. This title answers such questions as: How long do I treat my patient? Is there a place for bone turnover markers? And how much Vitamin D should I recommend? It also explores controversies around calcium and Vitamin D regarding the coronary risk and pancreatic issues.

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Published December, 2011
By Mona Fiuzat, Christopher O'Connor and Christopher J. O'Connor
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Provides an analysis of the conduct of clinical investigation in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). This title tackles the difficult questions involved in patient population, trial conduct, surrogate endpoints, clinical endpoints, and statistical considerations.

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Published December, 2011
By Richard R. Pleak
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on research in the area of gender variant children and transgender adolescents, assessment of several scenarios and information on practice parameters. This title discusses therapy for gender variant children and transgender adolescents, parents' perspectives, ethical legal, and non-discrimination issues, and education on these subjects.

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