Georg Thieme Verlag-Thieme Medical Publishers

PrefaceEcdysone is an outsider among steroid hormones. It is a latecomer to the steroid family, having been isolated in 1954 and identified as a steroid in 1963. However, it is the most widespread steroid hormone in nature. Surprisingly, textbooks of endocrinology often ignore ecdysone, although...

Preface This book has resulted from the combined editorial efforts of Heinz H. Bohmert and Ian T. Jackson who represent the discipline of plastic and reconstructive surgery from both sides of the Atlantic, and Henry P. Leis Jr, a general surgeon and specialist in breast cancer. The contributions...

Foreword While the AIDS pandemic appears to slow its rate of growth as it spreads into the heterosexual population of the industrial world, it is becoming apparent that the disease is going to dominate many aspects of medical practice for several decades to come. Radiologists will need to recognize...

Preface This book represents an effort to provide a comprehensive clinical source for those who are interested in managing patients with a facial nerve disorder. The material presented is based on my personal experience managing 1500 patients over a period of 20 years. This experience is...