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When things go wrong : diseases and disorders of the human brain / edited by Theo Mantamadiotis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mantamadiotis, Theo, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Diseases.
- Brain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- When things go wrong
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2012
- Rijeka, Crotia : InTech, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book we have experts writing on various neuroscience topics ranging from mental illness, syndromes, compulsive disorders, brain cancer and advances in therapies and imaging techniques. Although diverse, the topics provide an overview of an array of diseases and their underlying causes, as well as advances in the treatment of these ailments. This book includes three chapters dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases, undoubtedly a group of diseases of huge socio-economic importance due to the number of people currently suffering from this type of disease but also the prediction of a huge increase in the number of people becoming afflicted. The book also includes a chapter on the molecular and cellular aspects of brain cancer, a disease which is still amongst the least treatable of cancers.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 14, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789535168331
- 9535168339
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