Once AL amyloidosis: not always AL amyloidosis

Spongiform Encephalopthies. Edited by I. V. Allen British Medical Bulletin, Vol. 49, No. 4 pp. 725–1016. October 1993 ISSN 0007–1420 ISBN 0-443-04928-9

The Liver. Biology and Pathobiology. Third Edition. Edited by Irwin M Arias, James L. Boyer, Nelson Fausto, William B. Jakoby, David Schachter, and David A. Shafritz New York: Raven Press, 1994 1628 Pages, $265.00 ISBN: 0-7818-0133-3

Inflammation: Basic Principles and Clinical Correlates. Second Edition Edited by John I. Gallin, Ira M. Goldstein, Ralph Snyderman Raven Press, New York 1992 1,206 Pages, $185.00 ISBN: 0-88167-880-5

Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders. Challenges of Modern Medicine, Vol. 4 Edited by F. Dammacco, B. Barlogie Ares-Serono Symposia, Rome 1994 249 Pages, $40.00 ISBN: 88-85974-15-5     

New structural information and update on liver transplantation in transthyretin-associated amyloidosis: Report from The 4th International Symposium on Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy and Other Transthyretin Related Disorders & The 3rd International Workshop on Liver Transplantation in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy,Umeå Sweden,June 1999

Clinical Autonomic Disorders: Evaluation and Management Edited by Phillip A. Low, M. D. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1993 800 Pages, $175.00 ISBN: 0-3 16-53390-4

The Liver in Systemic Disease Edited by Vinod K. Rustgi and David H. Van Thiel New York: Raven Press, 1993 383 Pages, $89.50 ISBN: 0-88167-969-0

Histopathology of the Liver. Volumes I and II By Gerald Klatskin and Harold O. Conn New York: Oxford University Press, 1993 734 Pages, $250.00 ISBN: 0-19-504393-6

The Genetic Basis of Common Diseases Edited by Richard A. King, Jerome I. Rotter and Am0 G. Motulsky New York: Oxford University Press, 1992 978 Pages, $145.00 ISBN: 0-19-505482-2     

Recurrent hepatic hematoma due to familial lysozyme amyloidosis resolves with conservative management

Fatal familial insomnia - Inherited prion diseases, sleep and the thalamus Edited by C. Guilleminadt, E. Lugaresi, P. Montana and P. Gambetti Raven Press, New York 1994 234 Pages, $90.00 ISBN: 0-7817-0114-7

Liver transplantation: Practice and management Edited by James Neuberger and Michael R. Lucey BMJ Publishing Group, London 1994 400 Pages, Illustrated. £37.00 ISBN: 0-7279-0787-5

Pathology of the peripheral nerve Edward P. Richardson, Jr. and Umberto DeGirolaini 32 in the series Major Problerns in Pathology W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 1995 159 Pages, $55.00 ISBN: 0-72 16-3298-X

Immunocytochemistry. A Practical Approach Edited by Julian E. Beesley Oxford University Press, New York 1993 248 Pages, ISBN: 0-19-963270-7 $59.00

NMR of macromolecules. A practical approach Edited by Gordon C. K. Roberts Oxford University Press, New York, 1993 399 pages ISBN: 0-19-963225-1 (h/bk) $68.00 0-19-963224-3 (pibk) $47.00     

Book Reviews

Molecular Biology of the Cell Edited by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts and James D. Watson Garland Publishing, 1994 1,294 Pages, $62.95 ISBN 0-8153-1619-4

Concise Textbook of Neuroscience by Robert E. Kingsley Williams &; Wilkins, 1996 564 Pages, $37.95 lSBNO-683-04621-7     

Serum Free Light Chain Analysis, 4th Edition

Dialysis Amyloid: Edited by Charles van Ypersele and Tilman B. Drueke Oxford Medical Publications, 1996 282 pages, $99.00 ISBN: 0-19-2624946

Dementia and Normal Aging: Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, Carol Brayne and Daniel W. O'Connor New York, Cambridge University Press, 1994 573 pages, $89.95

Introduction to Protein Structure: Carl Branden and John Tooze New York and London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1991 302 pages, $27.95 ISBN: 0-8153-0270-3 (pbk)

Peripheral Nerve Disorders 2: in the Blue Books of Practical Neurology Series Edited by A.K. Asbury and P.K. Thomas Boston, Butterworth Heinemann, 1995 316 pages, $75.00 ISBN: 0-7506-1765-9     

Exploring protein interactions

Protein Targeting Protocols Edited by Robert A. Clegg. Totowa, Humana, 1998, $79.50 (xii+ 331 pages), ISBN 0-896-03450-X.     

Monitoring phospholipid signaling pathways: recipes from the experts.

Phospholipid Signaling Protocols Edited by Ian M. Bird. Totowa, Humana, 1998, $79.50 (xii +380 pages), ISBN 0-896-03491-7.     

Hormone signaling pathways: planes, trains, and automobiles...

Hormones and Signaling, Volume 1 Edited by Bert O'Malley. San Diego, Academic Press, 1998, $69.95 (xv+364 pages), ISBN 0-23-312411-5.     

Variations on a theme in g.

G Proteins, Receptors, and Disease Edited by Allen M. Spiegel. Totowa, Humana, 1998, $135.00 (x+324 pages), ISBN 0-896-034305.     

Book Review

Amyloid and Amyloidosis 1993 Edited by R. Kisilevsky, M.D. Benson, B. Frangione, J. Gauldie, T.J. Muckle and I.D. Young New York: The Parthenon Publishing Group Inc., 1994 726 Pages, $85.00 ISBN: 1-85070-579 8     

Small brain neuropeptides.

Recent Advances in Arthropod Endocrinology Edited by Geoffrey M. Coast and Simon G. Webster. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998, $110.00 (xviii+406 pages), ISBN 0-521-59113-9.     

Continuing medical education

Drug Therapy in Infants and Children with Cardiovascular Disease By A. Schneeweiss Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia (1986) 398 pages, $45.00 ISBN: 0-8121-1001-3 Causation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children: Prospectives on Cardiovascular Risk in Early Life Edited by Gerald S. Berensen Raven Press, New York (1985) 428 pages, illustrated, $69.50 ISBN: 0-88167-138-X Pediatric Cardiology, Volume 6 Edited by C. Marcelletti, R. H. Anderson, A. E. Becker, A. Corno, D. di Carlo, E. Mazzera Churchill Livingstone, Inc., New York (1986) 272 pages, illustrated, $75.00 ISBN: 0443-0319-24     

Systemic amyloidosis: the CT sign of splenic hypoperfusion

Prions: Molecular and Cellular Biology Edited by David A. Harris Horizon Scientific Press, 1999 2 17 Pages ISBN: 1-898486-07-7     

Book Reviews

Letting Them Die: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail By Catherine Campbell, Cape Town, South Africa: Double Storey Books, 2003, ISBN 1-919-930116. Reviewed by Brian van Wyk.

The Moral Economy of AIDS in South Africa By Nicoli Nattrass. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-521-54864-0. Reviewed by Shandir Ramlagan.

Learning from HIV and AIDS Edited by George Ellison, Melissa Parker, and Catherine Campbell. 2003. New York: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80866-9, 0-521-00470-5pbk. Reviewed by Sharon Kleintjes.     

Continuing medical education

Handbook of Cardiovascular Interventions Edited by Ulrich Sigwart, Michel Bertrand, and Patrick W. Serruys Churchill Livingstone, New York (1996) 950 pages, illustrated, $225.00 ISBN: 0-443-979706 Prevention of Myocardial Infarction Edited by JoAnn E. Manson, Paul M. Ridker, J. Michael Gaziano, and Charles H. Hennekens Oxford University Press, New York (1996) 564 pages, illustrated, $65.00 ISBN: 0-19-508582-5     

BOOK REVIEWS

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THE FORGOTTEN AGED: ETHNIC PSYCHIATRY AND SOCIETAL MINORITIES, edited by T.L. Brink. Binghamton: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1993, 116 pp., $24.95. Reviewed by TLB.

ASSESSING OLDER PERSONS: MEASURES, MEANING, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, edited by Robert L. Kane and Rosalie A. Kane. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-512915-6, $59.95. Reviewed by TLB.

ELDERLY CHINESE IN PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES: SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INTEGRATION, edited by Iris Chi, Neena L. Campbell, and James Lubben. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2002, ISBN: 962-209-532-1, $25.00, paper. Reviewed by Gloria Solis.     

A ;C' for the Pancreatic ABCs.

Clinical Pathology of Pancreatic Disorders Edited by John A. Lott. Totowa, Humana, 1997, $99.50 (ix+218 pages), ISBN 0-896-03475-5.     

Frontiers in longevity research

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A review of Frontiers in Longevity Research, edited by Robert J. Morin. Chicago: Charles C. Thomas, 1985. Pp. xvii + 278, ISBN: 0-398-05094-5, $29.95.     

Clinical science of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Clinical Research in Diabetes and Obesity. Edited by Boris Draznin and Robert Rizza. Totowa, Humana, 1997. Volume I. Methods, Assessment and Metabolic Regulation. $139.50 (xii +396 pages), ISBN 0-89603-350-3. Volume II. Diabetes and Obesity. $139.50 (xii +392 pages), ISBN 0-89603-492-5.     

PERSPECTIVES

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PUBLISHING ADDICTION SCIENCE: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED. Thomas F. Babor, Kerstin Stenius and Susan Sauva (Eds.) London and Geneva: International Association of Addiction Journal Editors and the World Health Organization, 2004, 203 pp, ISBN 0-9548575-0-X. Reviewed by William White.

THE LOIS WILSON STORY: WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH. William G. Borchert. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2005, 381 pp. $24.95 (hardcover), ISBN 1-5285-328-5. Reviewed by William White.