The brain: theoretical and clinical aspects/Ed. by V.I. Pokrovsky
536 pp., ill.
ISBN 5-225-04769-6

  The monograph is a collection of papers by the leading scientists of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences who are engaged in brain studies. The book reflects the basic lines of investigations of structural, functional, and neurochemical organizations of the brain in health and in disease. The experimental and clinical studies of the brain, conducted by the leading collective bodies of the Russian  Academy of  Medical   Sciences make it possible to elaborate the strategy of further development in this field of medicine.Readership: physiologists, pathologists, neurologists, morphologists, pharmacologists, and other specialists who are interested in brain performance.

V.B. Simonenko
Neuroendocrine tumors
216 pp., ill.: [2] p. ill.
ISBN 5-225-04628-2

  Published data and the results of many-year observations of patients with various clinical manifestations of neuroendocrine tumors are summed up and classified. Representatives of different medical professions contributed to analysis of the material, which enabled us to disclose the pathogenesis of apudomas from different viewpoints. The book presents current concepts on the nature of neuroendocrine tumors. Clinical observations and analysis of the variants of clinical course of neuroendocrine tumors, representing the bulk of the book, will be no doubt interesting for physicians. Problems of differential diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors and their treatment are discussed in detail.
  Addressed to therapists, surgeons, neurologists, endocrinologists, and gastroenterologists.