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Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. The public health importance of HAT is underestimated, but the disease causes severe social disruption in many rural areas.

International Congress for Infectious Diseases, Rio de Janeiro - April 17-21, 1988. F.-A. Waldvogel, President

A radiologist, who wants to acquire a PACS, or a mathematician asking for pertinent applications of image processing techniques will find recent information guiding their choice in research or in acquisition of imaging or computing devices of a hospital information system.

Much progress has been made in recent years and new techniques have been developed in the field of plastic surgery of the breast. Breast Surgery presents plastic surgeons with a comprehensive summary of current practice and the techniques available.Clearly written in language accessible to both specialists and non-specialists, Breast Surgery presents a variety and range of techniques with which excellent results in both plastic and reconstructive breast surgery can be achieved. Over 600 drawings and photographs, both in black and white and in colour, accompany the text, providing the plastic surgeon with clearly-illustrated guidelines to follow.Dr. Nathalie Bricout is a leading figure in the field of plastic surgery of the breast in France.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS There is no doubt that the content of this EAES Consensus Development Conferences (CDC's) booklet represents an extremely important contribution to answering the following questions: which area of endoscopic surgery requires quality assurance ?

Nuclear medicine and lung diseases is intended for chest physicians who use nuclear medicine techniques in clinical practice and for nuclear physicians who perform tests in patients with chest disorders.

There is a tradition behind the current radiologic examination of the small bowel. Many of the great names in gastrointestinal radiology have established their reputations on the basis of their work in the small bowel. It is a great pleasure to welcome the English language version of this beautiful work on Radiology of the Small Intestine.

Clinical observations of cancer patients and studies with experimental rodent tumors have revealed that cer tain tumors produce metastasis to specific organs independent of vascular anat omy, rate of blood flow, and number of tumor cells delivered to each organ.

Molecular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis

mTOR Inhibition for Cancer Therapy: Past, Present and Future

This book creates a unique platform that covers main ankle pathologies specifically related with football. Experiences from professional players have been combined with evidence-based medical content from renowned experts in the field to present a comprehensive picture on ankle injuries in football.

The practice of autologous blood collection and transfusion has been steadily increasing. Homologous blood transfusion is easy and has allo wed us to salvage lives and perform procedures which would not have been feasible without the availability of whole blood or its components.

Vascular pathology is essentially based on a transverse, the main basic lesions, this book provides precise multi-organ approach to pathology.

Classification of the carpal injuries helps us to understand the relationship between them. The growing interest in this field has been advanced by recent imaging techniques. Therapeutic advice and treatment are still not completely defined, even by the most renowned specialists. There is still room for new concepts.

Why a book dedicated to rare cancer management? Given the large variety of rare cancers,they take up a significant part of our daily practice. Therefore, we owe it to our patients with rare tumours that we use the knowledge gained in the treatment of the more common cancers to provide them with a better future.

The inguinal hernia represents the most significant aspect of the technical and technological evolution of the second half of the 20th century, still in vogue at the beginning of this new millennium.

Tumors cells no longer confined to an affected organ can be released through lymph and the blood stream, disseminate and form metastases. The dinical evaluation as weIl as to tumor pathophysiology are weIl explai ned in two general chapters and then each specific primary tumor is analyzed in a specific chapter.

In this text atlas of neuroimaging the author provides a review of the pathologies and diseases that affect the head, brain, skull base, face, spine, and cord. It also covers the aspects of neurological disorders and the fundamental aspects of the physics of magnetic resonance, spectroscopy, as well as a review of MR techniques.

Dealing with a new surgical procedure for out-patients, this book is the result of surgical practice and teaching experience in the field of hysteroscopic procedures.