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Female hepatology favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease / by Shimizu, Ichiro, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Liver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women -- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males -- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress -- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis -- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady' -- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone -- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease -- Autoimmune liver diseases in females -- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease? …”
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HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS by Levy, Jay A.

Table of Contents: “…Discovery, structure, heterogeneity, and origins of HIV -- Features of HIV transmission -- Steps involved in HIV: cell interaction and virus entry -- Acute HIV infection and cells susceptible to HIV infection -- Intracellular control of HIV replication -- Cytopathic properties of HIV -- Viral proteins determining biologic features of HIV -- Effect of HIV on various tissues and organ systems in the host -- Innate immune responses in HIV infection -- Humoral immune responses to HIV infection -- T-lymphocyte immune responses in HIV infection -- HIV infection and development of cancer -- Overall features of HIV pathogenesis: prognosis for long-term survival -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccine development.…”
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The orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office by Watts, H. David

Table of Contents: “…Nicholson -- Talking about Christmas -- Silence knows the right questions -- One cancer cell -- Anathema -- Telling the truth in the realm of truth -- Ghosts in the machine -- Blood butterfly -- Is something wrong with your prostate? …”
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Female hepatology favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease / by Shimizu, Ichiro, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Liver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women -- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males -- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress -- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis -- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady' -- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone -- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease -- Autoimmune liver diseases in females -- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease? …”
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Lessons in mortality doctors and patients struggling together / by Weisse, Allen B.

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Do you really need surgery? a sensible guide to hysterectomy and other procedures for women / by Moore, Michele

Table of Contents: “…Your anatomy: where things are -- Your physiology : how things work -- What goes wrong : some common gynecologic diseases and problems -- What goes wrong : cancers -- Reaching a diagnosis: what to expect -- Non-surgical treatment of gyn problems -- Surgical treatment: "traditional" or open procedures -- Traditional hysterectomy: what to expect -- Traditional surgery: the risks -- After the surgery -- Other gynecologic surgery and treatments -- Laparoscopic surgery -- Risks of laparoscopy -- Laparoscopic surgery: how will you feel? …”
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Essential medical genetics by Tobias, Edward S.

Table of Contents: “…Medical genetics in perspective -- Human genome structure and function -- Nucleic acid structure and function -- Molecular genetic analysis -- Chromosomes -- Gametogenesis -- Chromosome aberrations -- Typical mendelian inheritance -- Atypical mendelian inheritance -- Non-mendelian inheritance -- Medical genetics in populations -- Genetic assessment, genetic counselling and reproductive options -- Family history of cancer -- Family history of common adult-onset disorder -- Strong family history : typical Mendelian disease -- Strong family history : other inheritance mechanisms -- Positive screening result -- Family history of one or more congenital malformations -- Electronic databases : a user's guide.…”
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Essential medical genetics by Tobias, Edward S.

Table of Contents: “…Medical genetics in perspective -- Human genome structure and function -- Nucleic acid structure and function -- Molecular genetic analysis -- Chromosomes -- Gametogenesis -- Chromosome aberrations -- Typical mendelian inheritance -- Atypical mendelian inheritance -- Non-mendelian inheritance -- Medical genetics in populations -- Genetic assessment, genetic counselling and reproductive options -- Family history of cancer -- Family history of common adult-onset disorder -- Strong family history : typical Mendelian disease -- Strong family history : other inheritance mechanisms -- Positive screening result -- Family history of one or more congenital malformations -- Electronic databases : a user's guide.…”
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Do you really need surgery? a sensible guide to hysterectomy and other procedures for women / by Moore, Michele

Table of Contents: “…Your anatomy: where things are -- Your physiology : how things work -- What goes wrong : some common gynecologic diseases and problems -- What goes wrong : cancers -- Reaching a diagnosis: what to expect -- Non-surgical treatment of gyn problems -- Surgical treatment: "traditional" or open procedures -- Traditional hysterectomy: what to expect -- Traditional surgery: the risks -- After the surgery -- Other gynecologic surgery and treatments -- Laparoscopic surgery -- Risks of laparoscopy -- Laparoscopic surgery: how will you feel? …”
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When illness goes public celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / by Lerner, Barron H.

Table of Contents: “…: Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? …”
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Wheat antioxidants

Table of Contents: “…Overview and prospective -- Antioxidant properties of wheat grain and its fractions -- Effects of genotype, environment and genotype-environment interaction on the antioxidant properties of wheat -- Carotenoid, tocopherol, lignan, flavonoid, and phytosterol compositions of wheat grain and its fractions -- Antioxidant properties of what phenolic acids -- Effects of post-harvest treatments, food formulation and processing conditions on what antioxidant properties -- Antioxidant properties of wheat-based breakfast foods -- Effects of extraction method and conditions on wheat antioxidant activity estimation -- Methods for antioxidant capacity estimation of wheat and wheat-based food products -- Application of ESR in wheat antioxidant determination -- Analysis of tocopherols and carotenoids in wheat materials using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technology -- Quantification of phenolic acids in wheat and wheat-based products -- Effects of wheat on normal intestine -- Wheat antioxidants and cholesterol metabolism -- Wheat antioxidant bioavailability -- Wheat lignans: promising cancer preventive agents.…”
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Non-ionizing radiation.

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Sex hormones development, regulation and disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Young, Thomas Borch -- Sex hormone receptors and epigenetics in breast cancer / Makoto Nagahara, Dave S.B. Hoon.…”
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Aging identity a dialogue with postmodernism /

Table of Contents: “…Powell and Tony Gilbert -- "Making it up as you go along" : a personal account of ageing with cerebral palsydd / Claire Tregaskis -- The absence of adam : prostate cancer and male identity / Antje Kampf -- Social imagery, aging, and the life course : a postmodern assessment / Steven Arxer, John W. …”
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New developments in medicinal chemistry

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- Studies on anti-cancer agents : phenolic compounds and their pharmacological activity / Maria Dolors Pujol and Isabel Sánchez -- Cytotoxic anticancer drugs from medicinal plants / Anh-Tho Nguyen and Pierre Duez -- Emerging applications of quantum dots in medicinal chemistry and drug development / Ian D. …”
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Sex hormones development, regulation and disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Young, Thomas Borch -- Sex hormone receptors and epigenetics in breast cancer / Makoto Nagahara, Dave S.B. Hoon.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Aging identity a dialogue with postmodernism /

Table of Contents: “…Powell and Tony Gilbert -- "Making it up as you go along" : a personal account of ageing with cerebral palsydd / Claire Tregaskis -- The absence of adam : prostate cancer and male identity / Antje Kampf -- Social imagery, aging, and the life course : a postmodern assessment / Steven Arxer, John W. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

New developments in medicinal chemistry

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- Studies on anti-cancer agents : phenolic compounds and their pharmacological activity / Maria Dolors Pujol and Isabel Sánchez -- Cytotoxic anticancer drugs from medicinal plants / Anh-Tho Nguyen and Pierre Duez -- Emerging applications of quantum dots in medicinal chemistry and drug development / Ian D. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view