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15.8 Peptic ulcer disease 2849 ESSENTIALS Helicobacter pylori infection, use of nonsteroidal anti-​inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including aspirin, and smoking are the most im- portant causes of peptic ulcer disease. Peptic ulcer disease is characterized by a hi...

15.9 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract 2862

15.9.1 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract 2862 CONTENTS 15.9.1 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract  2862 Rebecca Scott, T.M. Tan, and S.R. Bloom 15.9.2 Carcinoid syndrome  2870 B. Khoo, T.M. Tan, and S.R. Bloom 15.9.1  Hormones and the gastrointesti...

15.9.2 Carcinoid syndrome 2870 SECTION 15  Gastroenterological disorders 2870 Ramos-​Álvarez I, et al. (2015). Insights into bombesin receptors and ligands: highlighting recent advances. Peptides, 72, 128–​44. Sandoval D, D’Alessio D (2015). Physiology of prog...

Contents Contents Volume 1 List of abbreviations  xxxv List of contributors  xlv SECTION 1 Patients and their treatment Section editors: John D. Firth, Christopher P. Conlon, and Timothy M. Cox 1.1 On being a patient  3 Christopher Booth† 1.2 A young person...

Contributors Contributors Peter Aaby Bandim Health Project, INDEPTH Network, Bissau, Guinea-​Bissau, West Africa 8.5.6: Measles Emma Aarons Consultant Virologist and Infectious Disease Physician, Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Public Health England, S...

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Foreword Foreword Professor Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford In 1983, David Weatherall, John Ledingham, and David Warrell launched the first edition of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. That era of medicine looked entirely diffe...

List of abbreviations xxxv Abbreviations 5-​FU 5-​fluorouracil 5-​HIAA 5-​hydroxyindoleacetic acid 5-​HT 5-​hydroxytryptamine 5-​HT 5-​hydroxytryptamine AAA acquired aplastic anaemia AAFB acid-​ and alcohol-​fast bacilli AASLD American Association for t...

Oxford Textbook of Medicine- Volume 3, 6e (May 6, 2020)(0198746695)(Oxford University Press)

Oxford Textbook of Medicine 1 Oxford Textbook of Medicine SIXTH EDITION Volume 3: Sections 16–21 EDITED BY John D. Firth Christopher P. Conlon Timothy M. Cox

Preface Preface Changes in medicine The Oxford Textbook of Medicine is published online and has been regularly updated for many years, but the production of a new and very substantially updated edition provides a moment when it is nat- ural and proper to refle...

cover 2 ONLY FOR SALE IN INDIA, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, AND MYANMAR AND NOT FOR EXPORT THEREFROM. NOT FOR SALE IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SIXTH EDITION VOLUME 3 edited by John D. Firth Christopher P. Conlon Timothy M. Cox Oxford Textbook o...

16.1 Structure and function 3241 16.1.1 Blood vessels and the endothelium 3241 Keith Channon and Patrick Vallance CONTENTS 16.1.1 Blood vessels and the endothelium  3241 Keith Channon and Patrick Vallance 16.1.2 Cardiac physiology  3253 Rhys D. Evans, Kennet...

16.1.2 Cardiac physiology 3253 Rhys D. Evans, Kenneth T. MacLeod, Steven B. Marston, Nicholas J. Severs, and Peter H. Sugden 16.1.2  Cardiac physiology 3253 H2S, H2O2, and adipocytokines. Other infiltrating inflammatory cell types including T cells and macroph...

16.10 Tumours of the heart 3544 Thomas A. Traill ESSENTIALS Cardiac myxoma Cardiac myxomas are rare benign tumours that grow in the lumen of the atria, usually the left. Most are sporadic, but they can be asso- ciated with the Carney complex, where unusual fre...

16.12 Congenital heart disease in the adult 3559 S.A. Thorne ESSENTIALS Adults with congenital heart disease are a growing population, and now outnumber children with congenital heart disease in the United Kingdom. Many patients with repaired hearts can now, w...

16.13 Coronary heart disease 3596 16.13.1 Biology and pathology of atherosclerosis 3596 Robin P. Choudhury, Joshua T. Chai, and Edward A. Fisher 16.13 Coronary heart disease CONTENTS 16.13.1 Biology and pathology of atherosclerosis  3596 Robin P. Choudhury, Jo...