Search Results - "hepatitis"

Genomics in endocrinology DNA microarray analysis in endocrine health and disease /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Analysis of growth hormone effects on hepatic gene expression in hypophysectomized rats. -- Gene expression profiling in leiomyoma in response to GnRH therapy and TGF-beta. -- Gene profiling analysis of androgen receptor mediated function. -- Interrogating estrogen receptor [alpha] signaling in breast cancer by chromatin immunoprecipitation microarrays. -- Gene expression analysis of the adrenal cortex in health and disease. -- DNA microarray analysis of human uterine decidualization. -- Large-scale DNA microarray data analysis reveals glucocorticoid receptor-mediated breast cancer cell survival pathways. -- Application of microarrays for gene transcript analysis in type 2 diabetes. -- DNA microarray analysis of effects of TSH, iodide, cytokines, and therapeutic agents on gene expression in cultured human thyroid follicles. -- Genomics and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the use of microarray analysis to identify new candidate genes. -- Microarray analysis of alterations induced by obesity in white adipose tissue gene expression profiling. -- Novel molecular signaling and classification of human clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas identified by microarray and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. -- Gene expression studies of prostate hyperplasia in prolactin transgenic mice.…”
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Manual of clinical problems in infectious disease /

Table of Contents: “…Tonsillopharyngitis in adults -- Sinusitis -- Infectious mononucleosis: many faces of a common disease -- Acute bronchitis -- Antibiotic-resistant pneumococci -- Fever and pleural effusions -- Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly -- New pathogens causing pneumonia: SARS -- Infective endocarditis: diagnostic criteria -- Culture negative endocarditis -- Surgery in active infective endocarditis -- Endocarditis prophylaxis -- Filling defects of the liver -- Community-acquired peritonitis -- Infections of the hepatobiliary tract -- Management of infectious diarrhea -- Hepatitis C: diagnosis and management -- Urinary tract infections: basic principles of therapy -- Asymptomatic bacteriuria -- The significance of pyuria -- Prostatitis --…”
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Manual of commercial methods in clinical microbiology /

Table of Contents: “…Truant -- Molecular tests for the identification of viruses / Scott Duong and Christine C. Ginocchio -- Viral hepatitis / Emily Cartwright and Yun F. (Wayne) Wang-- Human papillomaviruses / N. …”
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Infectious Diseases and Therapy

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Infectious Diseases and Therapy

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Metabolic syndrome underlying mechanisms and drug therapies /

Table of Contents: “…Gut as an endocrine organ : the role of nutrient-sensing in energy metabolism / Minghan Wang -- Central glucose sensing and control of food intake and energy homeostasis / Lourdes Mounien and Bernard Thorens -- Abnormalities in insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes mellitus / Taly Meas and Pierre-Jean Guillausseau -- Adipokine production by adipose tissue : a novel target for treating metabolic syndrome and its sequelae / Vanessa DeClercq ... [et al.] -- Hepatic metabolic dysfunctions in type 2 diabetes : insulin resistance and impaired glucose production and lipid synthesis / Ruojing Yang -- Energy metabolism in skeletal muscle and its link to insulin resistance / Minghan Wang -- Mechanisms and complications of metabolic syndrome / Minghan Wang -- Emerging therapeutic approaches for dyslipidemia associated with high LDL and low HDL / Margrit Schwarz and Jae B. …”
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Biliary tract and gallbladder cancer diagnosis and therapy /

Table of Contents: “…Crawford -- Overview of current diagnostic imaging strategies / Heljä Oikarinen -- Imaging of hepatic transplantation for biliary tract cancer / Sridhar Shankar, Sathish Kumar Dundmadappa, and Shimul Shah -- Magnetic resonance imaging / Alessandro Guarise and Giovanni Morana -- Functional imaging / Antonio Rodríguez-Fernández, Manuel Gómez-Río, and José Manuel Llamas-Elvira -- Computed tomography / Leonardo Marcal, Chitra Viswanathan, and Janio Szklaruk -- Radiofrequency ablation / Ronald S. …”
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Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology /

Table of Contents: “…Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management --…”
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Field guide to internal medicine / by Smith, David S. (David Scott), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Possick -- Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis / Joseph Quaranta -- Viral hepatitis / Stephen E. Possick -- Acute arterial occlusion / Kathleen Stergiopoulos -- Acute myocardial infarction / David S. …”
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Pediatric cardiac anesthesia /

Table of Contents: “…Dent -- Renal, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and neurologic dysfunction / Duncan J. Macrae -- Postoperative pain management in the pediatric cardiac patient / Andrew R. …”
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Merritt's neurology.

Table of Contents: “…Progressive muscular dystrophies -- Familial periodic paralysis -- Congenital disorders of muslce -- Myoglobinuria -- Muscle cramps and stiffness -- Dermatomyositis -- Polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies -- Myositis ossificans -- Multiple sclerosis -- Neuromyelitis optica -- Marchiafava-Bignami disease -- Central pontine myelinolysis -- Epilepsy -- Febrile seizures -- Primary and secondary headaches -- Transient global amnesia -- Ménière syndrome -- Sleep disorders -- Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, autonomic failure, and autonomic neuropathy -- Familial dysautonomia -- Endocrine diseases -- Hematologic and related diseases -- Hepatic disease -- Cerebral complications of cardiac surgery -- Bone disease -- Renal disease -- Respiratory support for neurologic diseases -- Nutritional disorders: malnutrition, malabsorption, and B₁₂ and other vitamin deficiency -- Hypertrophic pachymeningitis -- Neurologic disease during pregnancy -- Hashimoto encephalopathy -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Alcoholism -- Drug dependence -- Iatrogenic disease -- Occupational and environmental neurotoxicology -- HIV, fetal alcohol and drug effects, and the battered child -- Falls in the elderly -- Neurologic rehabilitation -- End-of-life issues in neurology.…”
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