Published December, 2010
By Peter R. Kowey and Gerald V. Naccarelli
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Cardiac electrophysiologists have many options for treating arrhythmias, including catheter ablation and implantable cardiac defibrillators. This title summarizes the thinking on the role of pharmaceuticals in relation to other types of treatment, helping electrophysiologists to determine the best method for managing their patients.

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Published December, 2010
By Athena P. Kourtis and Marc Bulterys
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Examining Perinatal HIV/AIDS, this title offers reviews on topics including Epidemiology of perinatal HIV infection: US and worldwide; Biology of perinatal HIV transmission - Timing, virologic and immunologic factors; and, Viral sequencing from HIV-infected mothers and infants.

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Published December, 2010
By Bernard G. Forget
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Discusses such topics as: the population genetics and dynamimcs of thalassemia; alpha thalassemia; HbE/beta thalassemia; management of iron overload in thalassemia syndromes; allogeneic cellular gene therapy for hemoglobinopathies; cord blood transplantation for beta thalassemia major; and, gene therapy for haemoglobin disorders.

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Published December, 2010
By Andy Jagoda and Silvana Riggio
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a common injury, with an increasing number of patients presenting after military combat overseas. With greater frequency, psychiatrists are being asked to treat the psychiatric sequelae of TBI. This issue brings together neurologists and psychiatrists to examine TBI from every angle.

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Published December, 2010
By Beth A. Drolet and Maria C. Garzon
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Covers birthmarks of medical significance. This work offers reviews on topics including vascular birthmarks - introduction and classification, infantile hemangioma, other vascular tumors, coagulopathy associated with vascular tumors/Kassabach-Merrit Phenomenon, vascular malformations, genetics and syndromes, and epidermal nevi and nevus sebaceous.

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Published December, 2010
By Ken Offit, Mark Robson and Kenneth Offit
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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A review of both the genetic and genomic factors resulting in a predisposition to human cancer. It includes articles addressing predisposition syndromes in the areas of breast cancer, lower GI cancer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric cancer, endocrine cancer, and hematologic malignancy.

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Published December, 2010
By Allen Perkins and Alan Perkins
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Rheumatic diseases are among the most frequently encountered problems in primary care practice. This title provides primary care clinicians with the tools they need for treating these disorders in every day practice. It focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of common rheumatic ailments.

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Published November, 2010
By Richard H. Hunt
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Discusses successful medical therapies to treat gastrointestinal diseases. This title is divided into sections devoted to these diseases states or disorders: acid-related disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal oncology, and hepatitis.

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Published November, 2010
By Marilyn Haupt and Mary Reed
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles such as Special Populations; Obesity Paradox; Airway Management; Trauma in the Morbidly Obese; and, Procedures in the Morbidly Obese Critically Ill.

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Published November, 2010
By Shashank Joshi, Andres Pumariega and Andres J. Pumariega
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Brings together a line-up of reviews on cultural aspect of child and adolescent psychiatry. This title covers such topics as: culture and development; immigration, acculturation, and stress; language, culture and adaptation; racial and ethnic disparities in mental health; and, cultural assessment and formulation.

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