| Description |
549 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Aging of the world population / Michal Karasek -- Menopause / Michelle P. Warren and Eliza P. Ng -- Andropause / Michal Karasek and Marek Medras -- Growth hormone, IGF-I and human aging / S. Mitchell Harman -- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in aging / Marek Pawlikowski and Michal Karasek -- Role of melatonin in aging / Michal Karasek -- Melatonin limits ischemic/reperfusion injury: implication for aging and organ transplantation / Russel J. Reiter et al. -- Aging processes and the thyroid gland / Andrzej Lewinski et al. -- Immune system in the elderly / Tamas Fulop et al. -- Diabetes in the elderly / Wieslaw Zarzycki and Michal Karasek -- Osteoporosis / Julie T. Lin and Joseph M. Lane -- Aging and neoplastic disease / Mohan Tummula and William B. Erschler -- Sleep and aging / John J. Harringtorn and Alon Y. Avidan -- Alzheimer's disease: from neurobiology to therapeutic interventions / Tomasz Sobow and Pawel P. Liberski -- Sporadic and familial movement disorders in tauopathies / Yasuhiko Baba et al. -- Prion diseases: from ritualistic endocannibalism to cellular endocannibalism - from kuru to autophagy / Pawel P. Liberski and Paul Brown -- Pharmacotherapy in the elderly / Heinrich Burkhardt and Rainer Gladisch -- Exceptional human longevity / Bradley J. Willcox et al |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Age factors in disease.
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Aging.
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Older people -- Diseases.
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Aging -- physiology.
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Age Factors.
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Disease Susceptibility -- physiopathology.
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| Author |
Karasek, Michał.
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| LC no. |
2006001266 |
| ISBN |
1594544263 (hbk.) |
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