The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Ascariasis

The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Ascariasis: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
by Icon Health Publications (Author)

Product Details
* Paperback: 136 pages
* Publisher: Icon Health Publications (September 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0597833621

Book Description
This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to ascariasis (also ascarid infection; ascarids ), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on ascariasis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Practical Guide for Primary Care

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Practical Guide for Primary Care (Current Clinical Practice)
by Anita L. Nelson (Editor), Jo Ann Woodward (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 358 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press; 1 edition (June 6, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1588295702

Book Description
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Practical Guide for Primary Care covers the diagnosis and treatment of STDs and other information critical to patient care in the new millennium. This collaboration provides the clinician with the ability to identify and manage Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), as well as obtain information about preventing their sequelae.
Among the topics covered in this book are human papillomavirus and genital warts, genital herpes, viral hepatitis, HIV infection and AIDS, chlamydial and gonorrheal infections, and upper genital tract infections in women. Other topics of interest include syphilis, trichomoniasis, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, and molluscum contagiosum. Special consideration is given to ectoparasites, patient-clinician communication and STD care, cultural competence and STI care, effectiveness of barrier methods for STI prevention, and the future role of vaccines and microbides.
Written by clinicians, many of whom have been diagnosing, treating, and counseling patents since the days of venereal disease, this book is packed with evidence-based information steeped in these clinicians' years of practice.

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Allogeneic Immunotherapy for Malignant Diseases

Allogeneic Immunotherapy for Malignant Diseases (Basic and Clinical Oncology)
by Barrett/Jiang (Author)

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* Hardcover: 387 pages
* Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 1st edition (February 15, 2000)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0824767810

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Superantigens and Superallergens

Superantigens and Superallergens (Chemical Immunology)
by G. Marone (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 243 pages
* Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland); 1 edition (April 30, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3805582668

Book Description
The latest advances at molecular and biochemical levels Superantigens constitute a growing family of bacterial and viral proteins that share the capacity of inducing massive activation of the immune system. This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of classical T cell superantigens and sheds light on relevant B cell superantigens at the molecular and biochemical levels. Moreover, articles in this publication deal with the emerging, intriguing possibility that immunoglobulin superantigens can activate primary effector cells of allergic disorders both in vitro and in vivo, thus acting as superallergens. A detailed account is also given of the biochemical, immunological and clinical characteristics of several endogenous, viral and bacterial superallergens, which are probably relevant in a variety of human diseases. This is the first volume to put together basic and clinical aspects of the classical T cell superantigens, B cell superantigens and superallergens. It will therefore be indispensable reading to basic and clinical immunologists, microbiologists, virologists and specialists in allergic and immune disorders.

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