Published August, 2010
By Naoky C.S. Tsai and Naoky Tsai
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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An Institute of Medicine report has concluded that 'there is a lack of knowledge and awareness about chronic viral hepatitis on the part of health-care and social-service providers. This book features a group of experts in this field to present their expertise about this disease.

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Published August, 2010
By Bunmi O. Olatunji and Bunmi Olatunji
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on performing CBT for a variety of psychiatric conditions. This title presents the article discussing how to effectively use CBT for anxiety disorders, personality disorder, eating disorders, schizophrenia, tic-related disorders, somatoform disorders, sleep disorders, substance use/dependence, sexual dysfunction, mood disorders and ADHD.

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Published August, 2010
By Paul Wischmeyer
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Features topics such as Nutrition Guidelines In Critical Care - Consistency or Confusion; Evolutionary Role of Nutrition and Metabolic Support in Critical Illness; Pre-operative Surgical Nutrition Programs; Fish Oil in Critical Illness - Mechanisms and Clinical Application; and, Glutamine in Critical Illness - The Time Has Come, The Time Is Now.

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Published August, 2010
By Anthony O. Odibo and David A. Krantz
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles on such topics as: screening for chromosomal abnormalities; cystic fibrosis screening; the role of second-trimester screening, in the post-first trimester screening era; modifying risk for Aneuploidy with second-trimester ultrasound after a positive serum screen; and, cost-effectiveness of Down syndrome screening paradigms.

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Published August, 2010
By Anthony R. Gregg, Joe Leigh Simpson and Anthony Gregg
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Reviews Genetic Screening and Counseling. This title includes articles on Contemporary Genetics Counseling - New Frontiers and Challenges, Newborn Screening, SMA Carrier Screening, Fragile X, Ashkenazi Jewish Screening in the 21st Century, Thrombophilia in Obstetric Practice, and Microarrays in the Practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Published August, 2010
By Andrew G. Lee, Paul W. Brazis and Andrew Lee
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Neuro-ophthalmology has been an established subspecialty in neurology. This title contains the following articles: Ocular Motor Cranial Neuropathy (Volpe); Papilledema (Wall); Transient Monocular Visual Loss (Ahmed/Foroozan); Multiple Sclerosis (Galetta); and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (Bonelli/Arnold).

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Published August, 2010
By David A. Fox and David J. Fox
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Deals with the topic of rheumatoid arthritis. This work explores such topics as: measurement of RA disease activity today and in the future; epidemiology of RA - implications for prevention and risk assessment; genes that predispose to RA - relevance to current and future therapeutic strategies; and, ascertainment and management of preclinical RA.

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Published August, 2010
By Jacques VanDam, Sughas Banerjee and Jacques Van Dam
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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As the debate continues about who should perform CT Colonography, radiologists or endoscopists, this issue addresses the debate in detail by both endoscopists and radiologists.

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Published August, 2010
By William Pasculle, Jim Snyder and A. William Pasculle
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes information and images of clinical cases for infectious diseases including Avian Influenza; Listeriosis; Shiga toxin producing E coli; West Nile Virus; Hanta Virus; Malaria; Metapneumovirus; Dengue; Ebola; Staph aureus (community acquired) MRSA; Chikunguna; Bocavirus; HIV; Tickborne Bunyaviridae; Tickborne Flaviviridae; and, Yellow Fever.

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Published August, 2010
By Andres Cardenas and Paul J. Thuluvath
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Gastrointestinal endoscopy plays a useful role in the management of patients with liver disease. This issue reviews the standard of care in the endoscopic management of portal hypertension and biliary disease before and after liver transplantation.

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