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Childbirth

Childbirth

Edited by Panagiotis Tsikouras

Conception and Family Planning

Conception and Family Planning

Edited by Panagiotis Tsikouras

Leishmania Parasites

Leishmania Parasites

Edited by Fernando Almeida-Souza

Arthroscopic Surgery

Arthroscopic Surgery

Edited by William B. Stetson

End Stage Therapy and Heart Transplantation

End Stage Therapy and Heart Transplantation

Edited by Norihide Fukushima

Environmental Health Literacy Update

Environmental Health Literacy Update

Edited by Rafael Moreno-Gómez-Toledano

New COVID-19 Variants

New COVID-19 Variants

Edited by Ozgur Karcioglu

Current Concepts and Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery

Current Concepts and Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery

Edited by John Camilleri-Brennan

Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer

Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer

Edited by Pier Paolo Piccaluga

Recent Scientific and Therapeutic Advances in Allograft

Recent Scientific and Therapeutic Advances in Allograft

Edited by Norihide Fukushima

Advances in Dosimetry and New Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals

Advances in Dosimetry and New Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals

Edited by Otolorin Adelaja Osibote

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HIV Treatment

Edited by Samuel Okware

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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Sedat Carkit

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1005431

Part of the book: Hypothyroidism - Causes, Screening and Therapeutic Approaches [Working Title]

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The Role of Nuclear Medicine in Congenital Hypothyroidism

Aisyah Elliyanti

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1005228

Part of the book: Hypothyroidism - Causes, Screening and Therapeutic Approaches [Working Title]

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Myo-inositol’s Role in Understanding the Pain Perception in Patients with Schizophrenia

Wirginia Krzyściak, Marta Szwajca, Paulina Karcz, Aleksander Turek, Natalia Śmierciak, Amira Bryll, Paulina Mazur, Robert Chrzan, Katarzyna Furman, Maciej Pilecki and Tadeusz Popiela +0 more...

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1005244

Part of the book: New Approaches to the Management and Diagnosis of Schizophrenia [Working Title]

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Role of Phytochemicals in Management of Schizophrenia

Shazia Perveen, Sumaria Kanwal, Ali S. Alqahtani, Faiza Rao, Ayesha Asghar, Ali Irfan and Mahtab Ahmad Khan and Riaz Ullah

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1004847

Part of the book: New Approaches to the Management and Diagnosis of Schizophrenia [Working Title]

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Conservative Surgical Approach for Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Jie Qin, Lu Tang and Jing Liang and Hongwei Wei

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.114977

Part of the book: Advances in Caesarean Section - Techniques, Complications, and Future Considerations [Working Title]

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Thymectomy in Children

Güngör Karagüzel and Kutay Bahadır

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.114888

Part of the book: Pediatric Surgical Procedures - An Updated Guide [Working Title]

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Mechanism and Health Effects of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Humans

By Godwill Azeh Engwa, Paschaline Udoka Ferdinand, Friday Nweke Nwalo and Marian N. Unachukwu

Part of the book: Poisoning in the Modern World

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Epidemiology of Psychological Distress

By Aline Drapeau, Alain Marchand and Dominic Beaulieu-Prévost

Part of the book: Mental Illnesses

9,506

164

Cell Responses to Surface and Architecture of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

By Hsin-I Chang and Yiwei Wang

Part of the book: Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

11,479

179

Floating Drug Delivery Systems for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease

By Yousef Javadzadeh and Sanaz Hamedeyazdan

Part of the book: Trends in Helicobacter pylori Infection

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Plants Secondary Metabolites: The Key Drivers of the Pharmacological Actions of Medicinal Plants

By Rehab A. Hussein and Amira A. El-Anssary

Part of the book: Herbal Medicine

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Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Plants and Herbs

By Fongang Fotsing Yannick Stéphane, Bankeu Kezetas Jean Jules, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Iftikhar Ali and Lenta Ndjakou Bruno

Part of the book: Natural Medicinal Plants

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Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Their Toxic Effect on Living Organisms

By Anubhav Singh, Anuj Sharma, Rohit K. Verma, Rushikesh L. Chopade, Pritam P. Pandit, Varad Nagar, Vinay Aseri, Sumit K. Choudhary, Garima Awasthi, Kumud K. Awasthi and Mahipal S. Sankhla

Part of the book: The Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants

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Delivery Systems in Wound Healing and Nanomedicine

By Lina Fu

Part of the book: Wound Healing

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Herbal Medicines in African Traditional Medicine

By Ezekwesili-Ofili Josephine Ozioma and Okaka Antoinette Nwamaka Chinwe

Part of the book: Herbal Medicine

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Titanium: A New Allergen

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