Published July, 2014
By Joseph Barcroft
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First published in 1925, this two-volume work deals with the blood's role in respiration. This first volume analyses the effect of high altitudes on the blood's ability to retain and diffuse oxygen. The text is illustrated with diagrams, maps and photographs relating to the changes human physiology undergoes at altitude.

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Published July, 2014
By Joseph Barcroft
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First published in 1925, this two-volume work deals with the blood's role in respiration. This second volume deals with haemoglobin as a chemical substance. The text is illustrated with diagrams and drawings relating to, among other things, haemoglobin's specificity, its manufacture in the body and how it is affected by temperature changes.

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Published July, 2014
By Graham Hughes, Shirish Sangle and Simon Bowman
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Sjoegren's syndrome is now considered pivotal in the spectrum of auto-immune disorders. It presents in a variety of guises, including fatigue, aches and pains, food and other allergies and not surprisingly is frequently misdiagnosed as, for example, 'fibromyalgia, 'M.E.', glandular fever etc.

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Published June, 2014
By Clive P. Page, Rebecca Lever and Barbara Mulloy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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Published May, 2014
By Alan S. Kaufman, Nadeen L. Kaufman, Christine A. Lee, Erik E. Berntorp, W. Keith Hoots, Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger and C. Lee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Focuses on various aspects of haemophilia including diagnosis, management and treatment. This title features eight chapters, covering individualised dosing, vCJD and haemophilia, new drugs in the pipeline, and surgery in inhibitor patients. It presents developments, such as gene therapy.

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Published May, 2014
By Jecko Thachil, Quentin Hill and J Thachil
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Issues of thrombosis, bleeding, and transfusion are extremely common, and often complex, in critically ill patients. This book provides a dependable source of expert guidance on how to handle common haematological problems seen in the critical care setting, as well as the acute care of patients with a primary haematological disorder.

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Published April, 2014
By George M. Yousef and Serge Jothy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The book provides a brief, easy to read review of commonly employed diagnostic molecular techniques including recently developed "next generation" analytic tools, and offers a system-based run-through of the utility of molecular testing in individual cancer types, as well as reviewing current markers in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and management.

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Published April, 2014
By Takeshi Nakano and Samuel Goldhaber
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Pulmonary embolism is a common but vexing illness. In the Diagnosis section, the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is explored, and exciting new findings are presented in the fields of echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

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Published April, 2014
By Valentina Stosor and Teresa R. Zembower
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research
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While advances in both the treatment of cancer and the management of its complications have led to significant improvement in patient survival, infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with neo plastic disease.

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Published April, 2014
By Anika Niambi Al-Shura
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Focuses on the cardiovascular issues concerning blood and the immune system, provides laboratory values concerning blood and the cardiovascular system, and covers cardiovascular diseases from the Chinese medicine and western medicine perspectives.

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