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This is a "must have" reference book for patients, parents, caregivers, and libraries with medical collections. This sourcebook is organized into three parts. Part I explores basic techniques to researching alpers' disease (e.g. finding guidelines on diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis), followed by a number of topics, including information on how to get in touch with organizations, associations, or other patient networks dedicated to alpers' disease. It also gives you sources of information that can help you find a doctor in your local area specializing in treating alpers' disease. Collectively, the material presented in Part I is a complete primer on basic research topics for patients with alpers' disease. Part II moves on to advanced research dedicated to alpers' disease. Part II is intended for those willing to invest many hours of hard work and study. It is here that we direct you to the latest scientific and applied research on alpers' disease. When possible, contact names, links via the Internet, and summaries are provided. In general, every attempt is made to recommend "free-to-use" options. Part III provides appendices of useful background reading for all patients with alpers' disease or related disorders. The appendices are dedicated to more pragmatic issues faced by many patients with alpers' disease. Accessing materials via medical libraries may be the only option for some readers, so a guide is provided for finding local medical libraries which are open to the public. Part III, therefore, focuses on advice that goes beyond the biological and scientific issues facing patients with alpers' disease. ... Read more

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Targeted to patients, their families and allied health students, The “Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders” provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia and epilepsy. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications for treating neurological diseases and conditions, understanding the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers and more. This two-volume set provides an alternative to resources that either fail to explore neurological disease in any depth and or do so at a level not appropriate for students and general readers.

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The report on an international workshop and symposium held in December 1964 and bringing together many divergent groups working on the problems of slow virus infections (later known as prion-mediated diseases). ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi), published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1344 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection / Spontan koroner arter disseksiyonu.(Case Reports / Olgu Sunumlari)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Author: Ozlem Ozcan
Publication: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7Issue: 3Page: 320(3)

Article Type: Disease/Disorder overview

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2547 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Salmonella Agona outbreak from contaminated aniseed, Germany.(DISPATCHES)
Author: Judith Koch
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 11Issue: 7Page: 1124(4)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 4900 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Leptospirosis in Germany, 1962-2003.(RESEARCH)
Author: Andreas Jansen
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 11Issue: 7Page: 1048(7)

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4255 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Changing epidemiology of human brucellosis, Germany, 1962-2005.(RESEARCH)
Author: Sascha Al Dahouk
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 12Page: 1895(6)

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A visual study guide to meet the educational needs of students, trainees and practitioners alike in the field of gastroenterology. The Atlas of Gastroenterology: Self-Assessment Guide also fulfills the current demands for specialty qualification and recertification in gastroenterology. The study guide features case studies, reinforced by a question-and-answer format that assists in assimilating the details of the illustrative material presented in the Atlas of Gastroenterology. Each answer is followed by a short comment and a reference to a specific page in the Textbook of Gastroenterology for further information. ... Read more

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Discusses principles of genetics and genetic counselling - an area of increasing importance to dermatologists. The book is divided by disease group, with specific diseases covered within each of these groups. ... Read more

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Review companion to the author's text, Textbook of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition, c1999. Covers a separate organ system in each chapter, highlights key questions and emphasizes details, and includes references to specific pages in the parent text. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. DNLM: Gastroenterology Diseases--Examination Questions. ... Read more

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Text based on the author's Textbook of Gastroenterology, 2nd ed., and the gastroenterology section of Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine, 3rd ed. Quickreference format. For gastroenterologists, internists, and residents. Softcover. DNLM: Gastrointestinal Diseases--handbooks. Added to Brandon-Hill medical list in April 2001. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Disorganized, Rambling
I know Yamada is considered good, but I just didn't like his style or this book.

Rambling, no pictures, just very dry & doesn't cut to the chase, so to speak.

Good Book
Excellent book for both medicine and Gi specialty.
Wish to have an ebook version, such as Palm version.

Great Book,!
I enjoyed reading somepapers from this book and it was soo great andvery interesting for me as a new gastroenterologist it helped me a lot.

I prefer and to other doctors to have this book,Best regards,

Una buena vista rapida a gastro.
tiene un buen enfoque de pacientes en los primeros capitulos. Despues los capitulos por enfermedades te ubican bien. Es facil de leer y entender.

Tiene datos practicos y perlas de ves en cuando.

Utilizalopara repazar rapido o para llevarlo de un lado a otro, pero si de verdadquieres aprender gastro necesitas un tratado del tema.

Pero no piensesque te va entrar en un bolsillo, es para llevar en la maleta. Deberianeditarlo un poco mas chico. ... Read more

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A Concise, Symptom-Based Textbook for Diagnosis and Decision Making in Clinical Practice

Over the past twenty years, thousands of physicians have come to depend on Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology. Its encyclopaedic discussion of the basic science underlying gastrointestinal and liver diseases as well as the many diagnostic and therapeutic modalities available to the patients who suffer from them was—and still is—beyond compare. This new textbook, Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology, is designed to inform practitioners on the features of the major clinical disorders in gastroenterology and hepatology from the point of view of the clinician observing signs and symptoms of a patient under care and management.

It is a practical guide to diagnosis and decision making in clinical practice and provides a rich source of information on diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Covering the full range of examinations in gastroenterology and hepatology, with extremely timely chapters on patients with dyspepsia, eating disorders, jaundice, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and on screening, Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology gives you easy access to approaches that a clinician might take to common symptoms and signs presented by patients with such disorders. The chapters include the epidemiology, history, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of the most commonly encountered disorders in gastroenterology and hepatology.

This textbook will be an invaluable resource whether you are a gastroenterologist, internist, surgeon, or other clinician who sees patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders. It should be kept close at hand for frequent consultation. ... Read more

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Clinical Neurology by Bernard Jacob Alpers
The audience for this book is quite extensive. Medical students,
neurologists, general practitioners, internists, diagnosticians
and a whole host of medical people will benefit from the
rendition set forth by Dr. Alpers MD. He has an extensive
coverage of the cerebellar system, the motor system, electrical
reactions, disturbances of gait, cerebrospinal fluid, lesions of the motor neurons, pain symptomatology,peripheral nerve injury,
diseases of the spinal cord and the meninges, vascular diseases
of the brain, tumors and abscess, cranial trauma, epilepsy,
extrapyramidal diseases, multiple sclerosis, poisons and their
impact on the nervous system, endocrine disorders, the nuclear
amyotrophies, degenerative diseases (cerebellar degenerations),
brain and spinal cord disorders and diseases of the skull.
The work has full diagrams of the peripheral nerve distributions
of the upper and lower limbs. There is a pictorial representation
of electroencephalogram rhythms in the frontal, parietal and
occipital areas of the cortex. This section has a clear analysis
of the electrical potentials of the brain. Dr. Alpers MD
has an instructive section on permanent cure for trigeminal
neuralgia.

"Permanent cure of the pain in trigeminal neuralgia is offered
by operation. Section of the sensory root adjacent to the pons
has many advocates and in skilled hands is extremely safe.
Partial section of the root is performed.... Relief lasts from
6-12 months. Injection of the Gasserian ganglion is advised by
some in preference to operation."

The author has a classic description of ankylosing spondylitis.
He describes the etiology, pathology, symptoms, diagnosis,
prognosis and treatment for the disease together with the
related diseases- Marie-Strumpell, Bechterew versions of the
same disease type. A preview of the author's description
follows together with some classic quotations:

"The diagnosis is made without difficulty, the stiff spine

and back pain being quite distinctive in the early stages and
the root pains later... TREATMENT:Adequate physical mental
rest and a high vitamin diet are important. Warm climates are
better than cold. Salicylates help keep the patient comfortable and if used should be employed generously. Anemia is sometimes
present and should be treated with iron. Vaccines are of doubtful value. Infected foci should be removed. Local heat
is extremely important, as infrared, and gives great comfort.

Paravertebral injections or rhizotomy may be necessary
for the relief of pain. X-ray treatment offers real help and
should always be used."

The author depicts classic cerebellar degenerations; such as,
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy,Parenchymatous atrophy and
Primary Degeneration of the Corpus Callosum (Marchiafava's Disease).

This book has a wealth of information on neurology. The work
is titled "Clinical Neurology".It is depicted in an easy-to-
read form with many illustrations and both major and minor
variations of numerous disease processes, classifications,
sub-classications and genres. ... Read more

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Over the past twenty years, thousands of physicians have come to depend on Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology. Its encyclopaedic discussion of the basic science underlying gastrointestinal and liver diseases as well as the many diagnostic and therapeutic modalities available to the patients who suffer from them was—and still is—beyond compare. This new edition provides the latest information on current and projected uses of major technologies in the field and a new section on diseases of the liver. Plus, it comes with a fully searchable CD ROM of the entire content. ... Read more

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Thoroughly updated and expanded, the Third Edition brings together 65 of the world's leading specialist investigators in gut physiology to conduct an unparalleled review of the multiple processes governing gastrointestinal function. This classic text is an invaluable resource for the active researcher, the graduate-level lecturer, and the clinical gastroenterologist seeking the latest findings on gastrointestinal regulation and growth; motility; salivary, gastric, and pancreatic secretion; digestion; and absorption.The Third Edition reflects recent major advances in our knowledge of gastrointestinal function. Chief among these is a clearer understanding of signal transduction and the intracellular events leading to smooth muscle contraction and secretion from the mucosa and organs associated with the digestive tract; the steps and sequences of intermediates involved in the synthesis of peptide regulators; the development and differentiation of the gastrointestinal mucosa; the structure of the various channels and transport proteins involved in secretion and absorption; and the role of the immune system in controlling many of the responses of the gastrointestinal mucosa. ... Read more

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Edited and written by the foremost authorities in the field, the latest edition of this comprehensive reference continues to provide practical approaches to common gastrointestinal problems. It is an encyclopedic reference to virtually all common gastrointestinal diseases and indicates the current applications and future directions of gastroenterology. Topics covered include the basic mechanisms of normal and abnormal gastrointestinal function and approaches to patients with gastrointestinal problems. New chapters cover Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia, Gastritis and Radiation Injury. ... Read more

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Atlas of gastroenterology for practitioners and residents. Keyed to the Textbook of Gastroenterology, 3rd ed., due to be published in 1999. Atlas is revised and includes new illustrations and chapters. Previous edition: c1992. DNLM: Gastrointestinal Diseases atlases. ... Read more

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Great endoscopic picutures
This book has helped me tremendously. As a solo general surgeon recently out of residency, it is very helpful to have a GI atlas with great radiographs and endoscopic pictures with which to compare my patients' when I have a question. ... Read more

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Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA. Clinical reference is an updated source of information for practitioners. Uses highlights and algorithms for improved readability. Topics include developmental milestones, the syndromic child, thyroid diseases and disorders, and imaging of the head and neck. Previous edition: c1996. DNLM: Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases--Infant-Child. ... Read more