Principles of gender-specific medicine

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Principles of gender-specific medicine

edited by Marianne J. Legato ; section editors, John P. Bilezikian ... [et al.]

Elsevier Academic Press, c2004

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  • v. 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine examines how normal human biology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men, and as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the subjects covered are cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, the immune system, lung cancer as a consequence of smoking, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases.

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Gender and Development Central Nervous System Cardiology Pulmonology Gastroenterology Reproductive Biology Oncology Nutrition Drug Metabolis Infectious Disease Bone Immunology/ Rheumatology Aging

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