There has been a considerable and welcome growth of publications about dementia care and Jessica Kingsley Publishers has certainly played a very useful part in this growth... we need more not less ...

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) represent the first class of antihypertensive agents that was designed and developed on the basis of a well-defined physiopathological axis of arteri...

Cooley's anemia, or thalassemia major, is a blood disorder characterized by a marked increase in F hemoglobin and a decrease in the production of certain oxygen-carrying proteins in red blood cells...

近20年來由于分子生物學以及研究方法的飛速發展，人們對腎髒生理的認識從傳統的器官水平邁入分子水平。腎髒生理突飛猛進的發展，使許多對腎髒病理生理的詮釋也有重大改變。這些重要進展不但深入了對腎髒維持其基本功能的機制的了解，也奠定了腎髒在機體內部或外部環境改變下進行精密調節的分子生物學基礎。更重要的是，這些新進展使人們對各種原發和繼發的腎髒疾病有了全新的認識，由此延伸出許多新的診斷方法和治療手段。...

International experts from academia, industry and government discuss the cellular mechanisms that underlie rapid and delayed responses to oxygen deprivation, known as hypoxia. This volume brings to...

Thanks to scientific advances, individuals with thalassemia--a group of genetic blood disorders which includes Cooley's Anemia -- are now living into their 40's and 50's. Not only are individuals l...

Get Through: MRCGP Hot Topics presents current clinical information and guidelines (e.g. NICE, SIGN, BTS, Royal Colleges, etc.) for the management of chronic diseases, including the guidelines for ...

Recently, much attention has been focused on aging and obesity and the pivotal roles these conditions play in the development of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Several...

Leading and emerging investigators from within and outside the immediate area of cerebrovascular disease have come together to explore the state-of-the-art and future directions of research and cli...

Review of the First Edition"The goal of this book, as stated by the authors, is to fill the knowledge gap that exists between developed statistical methods and the applications of these methods. Ov...

　　本書介紹癌病的診斷和中醫治療，並介紹與癌病診斷和治療相關以及癌病研究所需的腫瘤學基礎知識，細胞信號轉導，現代免疫學等包括分子遺傳學基礎。在癌病的診斷方面癌基因和腫瘤抑制基因，本書以簡明易懂的方式介紹電子計算機斷層掃描影像學診斷技術的原理(CT)、核磁共振(MRI)和正電子掃描(PET)等醫學影像學診斷技術原理、診斷價值、比較與選擇。本書有大量精彩的醫學影像圖例， 　　全部來自我們數十年來...

Aim of this volume is to clarify the relationship between molecular structure and function of tight junction proteins, as well as their regulation and their role in diseases. Current research may f...

Clinicians and students at all levels and in all primary care disciplines will benefit from the clear, practical, evidence-based writing and recommendations that address the full spectrum of clinic...

The critical care management of patients with life-threatening neurological conditions requires the ability to treat neurological injuries, manage medical complications and perform invasive procedu...