Annual Review of Medicine. Volume 54

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Caskey, affiliated with a private sector biotech company, presents 29 reviews of the most recent work in areas of medicine such as HIV/AIDS, the cardiovascular system, endocrinology and metabolism, genetics, immunology, infectious diseases, the kidney and urinary system, the nervous system, oncology and hematology, psychiatry, the respiratory system, and surgery. Some specific topics examined include beta-cell replacement for Type I diabetes, inherited diseases involving G proteins and G protein-coupled receptors, systemic mastocytosis, and emerging infectious threats to the blood supply. Other subjects are botulinum toxin and other new approaches to migraine therapy, human papillomavirus vaccines and prevention of cervical cancer, and the molecular neurobiology of drug addiction. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR