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Author:   Eckhard Lammert ,  Martin Zeeb
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition:   2014 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   8.956kg
ISBN:  

9783709107140

ISBN 10:   3709107148
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   24 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9783031960185
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Brain: Overview.- Major depressive disorder.- Schizophrenia.- Epilepsy.- Parkinson’s disease.- Alzheimer’s disease.- Migraine and cluster headache.- Multiple sclerosis.- Down syndrome.- Eye: Overview.- Age-related macular degeneration.- Glaucoma.- Teeth and bones: Overview: Dental caries.- Osteoporosis.- Joints: Overview.- Osteoarthritis.- Rheumatoid arthritis.- Gastrointestinal tract: Overview.- Peptic ulcer disease.- Gastroenteritis.- Lactose intolerance.- Colorectal cancer.- Pancreas: Overview.- Diabetes mellitus.- Liver: Overview.- Cirrhosis.- Fat tissue: Overview.- Metabolic syndrome.- Lung: Overview.- Asthma.- COPD.- Community-acquired pneumonia.- Heart: Overview.- Atherosclerotic heart disease.- Heart failure.- Blood vessels: Overview.- Stroke.- Varicose Veins.- Blood: Overview.- Sickle Cell Disease.- Hyperlipidemia.- Immune system: Overview.- Fever.- Sepsis.- Allergies.- Kidney: Overview.- Hypertension.- Chronic kidney disease.- Gout and hyperuricemia.- Urinary tract infections.- Kidney stones.- Reproductive system: Overview.- Breast cancer.- Prostate cancer.- Cancer: Overview.

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Professor Eckhard Lammert, PhD. Studies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. In 1995 Master thesis at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), University of Heidelberg. In 1998 PhD at the Eberhard -Karls -University of Tubingen, Germany. Four year postdoctoral research at the Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA. From 2002 to 2008 Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Since 2008 Full Professor and Head at the Institute of Metabolic Physiology at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Dusseldorf, Germany. Research Interests: blood vessel formation, onset of type II diabetes mellitus in connection with vascular changes; cell-cell interactions in pancreatic islets, insulin secretion. For his work on type II diabetes mellitus Eckhard Lammert received the Paul-Ehrlich-und-Ludwig-Darmstaedter-Young-Investigator-Award in 2008.

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