Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Space Medicine: The Impact of Sequencing Human Genome on the Search for Life in the Universe
(Hameed Khan – Department of Genetics and Robotics, NCMRR (National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
Chapter 2. Endothelial Dysfunction in Children and Young Adults: Clinical Implications and New Perspectives
(Marcela Kreslová, Aneta Sýkorová, Petr Jehlička, Jiří Kobr, and Josef Sýkora – Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Faculty Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, Pilsen, the Czech Republic)
Chapter 3. Effects of the Hormone Irisin on the Glucose Metabolism
(H. Ergin Egritag – Department of Biochemistry, Veterinary Faculty of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey)
Chapter 4. Differential Diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
(Soumava Mukherjee – Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Chapter 5. Tapered Modular Femoral Components in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
(Patrick K. Strotman, Thomas E. Brown and Quanjun Cui – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA)
Index