Written by experienced faculty at Mayo Clinic, this Eighth Edition is a completely revised and updated study tool that has proved invaluable for the American Board of Internal Medicine certification o
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The first edition of this book was a landmark publication in establishing the study of multiple pregnancy and the perinatal care of children from multiple births as a recognized subspecialty within ob
This is a completely revised and updated version of Dr. Spoor's original Atlas of Optic Nerve Disorders (1992). Long recognized as a leading international authority on the optic nerve, Tom Spoor disti
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The injection of a combination of vitamins and medications into the middle layer of the skin has been practised in continental Europe for some fifty years now, but because the literature has hitherto
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Pregnancy, childbirth and being a newborn are not diseases - they are special periods in human life when the risk of death or disability can be very high. Recognizing this, the last decade has brough
Atrial fibrillation is now present in nearly one percent of the general population and is expected to impact more than two percent of the industrialized world by the year 2050. This monograph by Kowey
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This outstanding reference/text provides a fundamental understanding of acupuncture for mainstream medical professionals, examines acupuncture's scientific bases, and discusses its traditional foundat
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Reviews the properties, synthesis, and formulations of a number of well studied polymers increasingly being used in site-specific or systematic administration of pharmaceutical agents. For each of the
Combining the latest research, clinical data, and state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, this updated Second Edition of the Atlas of Schizophrenia provides a unique visual presentation of the curr
