Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

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Florian Lang
Springer Science & Business Media, Mar 19, 2009 - Science - 2268 pages

This comprehensive encyclopedia supplies the reader with concise information on the molecular pathophysiology of disease. Entries include defined diseases (such as Parkinson's disease) as well as pathophysiological entities (such as tremor). The 1,200 essays are brilliantly structured to allow rapid retrieval of the desired information. For more detailed reading, each entry is followed by up to five references. Individual entries are written by leading experts in the respective area of research to ensure state-of-the-art descriptions of the mechanisms involved. It is an invaluable companion for clinicians and scientists in all medical disciplines.

 

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Contents

List of Contributors
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JULIA LÜBLIGHOFF MALCOLM A LYONS
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DANIEL MARKOVICH Institute of Human Genetics
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ZBIGNIEW KALARUS CHAM PION
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REES JOACHIM RICHTER
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FLORIAN LANG LARRY LATSON
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GARDINER HANSJÜRGEN GDYNIA
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CENGIZ KORKMAZ ABHIJIT V KSHIRSAGAR
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RUICHENG J I Belgium
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Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I GM Lancisi G Salesi di
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Department of Intensive Care Medicine CHRISTINE LIANG
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KEITH JR MARKUS KHALIL
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JAN EHRCHEN HOLGER K ELTZSCHIG
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CARLO A LACKERBAUER RISTO KAAJA
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miyagigancen asahi yokohama jp mohammadsaturn med nyu
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ALBERTO FERLIN
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ERIC GERSHWIN ROBERTO GIORDA
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MARTIN Department of Human Genetics
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PHILLIP GORDEN ALEXEI GRATCHEV
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JAN MONCOL Center for Medical Genetics
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List of Contributors
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Viral Oncology Program
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OLAV A GRESSNER JEANMARC GUETTIER
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SAURABH K GARG University Hospital Leuven
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RONNIE FASS DOMINIQUE FIGARELLABRANGER
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Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
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NAOTO KURODA
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Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory
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THOMAS A LUGER Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
7
Sweden THOMAS C HART
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DEEPAK KAMAT University of Louisville
22
PETER HEUTINK
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School of Biochemistry Meyer Childrens Hospital
31
UNER KAYABAS
36
HIDETO KAMEDA INSERM
39
Emma Childrens Hospital Manchester
53
STEFAN KINS
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SIM KUTLAY
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Royal Free Hospital GEORG MERKER
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LIMES Institute Program Unit Membrane Biology Lipid ALBERT SCHINZEL
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Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases University of Heidelberg
109
CHRISTOPH LICHT
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PAVEL FENCL Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority
126
LAURENT SCHILD ERWIN SCHLEICHER
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ARTHUR MELMS University of Siena Siena
133
PETER FERENCI Grand Forks
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France COLIN A JOHNSON
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Division of Medical Genetics Virginia Commonwealth University
172
NADA KANAAN
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LEONARD Department of Pediatrics
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HIROSHI ICHINOSE
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Potchefstroom Israel
221
DENIS J HEADON
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erhardtuniduesseldorf de DAVID B EVERMAN
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HARDALLY R HEGDE markus hengstschlaegermeduniwien ac
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MICHAEL P KEANE
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Department of Dermatology University of California
259
JOHN LOGAN Universitat de Barcelona
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H PETER RODEMANN
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Belfast City Hospital Barcelona
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Japan Westmead Hospital
279
Tuebingen LODEWYK J MIENIE
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KATJA LOHMANN University of DuisburgEssen
284
Department of Medicine NIR KFIR
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Vienna Medical University
312
Departments of Nephrology and Radiology TAKATOSHI KASAI
314
GABRIELE E LANG ELANA LAVINE
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b t polltheamc uva nl DOMINIQUE PRIÉ
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Turkey Edinburgh
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Reinier van Arkel GroupJeroen Bosch Hospital Germany
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WHITNEY A HIGH MARY H HOHENHAUS
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HERMANNJOSEF GRÖNE OLIVIER GUILBAUD Université René Descartes
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AMAJ IKOMI njacquesdental wsahs nsw gov
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TAL GEVA Section of Dermatology
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Department of Cardiology University of Verona
419
MONIKA FLECKENSTEIN DIEGO FRANCO
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Japan
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fhildeumich
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femartindentistry usyd edu
447
KEI INAI Guenzburg
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KAMLUN ELLIS
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JANLUUK HILLEBRANDS STEPHEN T HOLGATE
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Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Leuven
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University of Heidelberg
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology Germany
489
BIRGIT HAACK Saint Joseph University Beirut
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Boston MA Italy
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ANDREAS FRITSCHE KEIICHI FUKUDA
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JESSE ROMAN Department of Cell Biology Immunology Section
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DIMITRIOS SAMONAKIS REGINALD S SAUVE
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University of Luebeck Germany
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Mannheim University of Heidelberg GREGORY Y H
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Germany ANDREAS HAHN
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PhillipGintra niddk nih
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RICHARD G HEGELE r c hennekamamc uva
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F DENNIS MCCOOL Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
607
WILLIAM JEFFCOATE Leeds
611
MARTIN MEMPEL South Africa
620
J OOST HAAN University of Giessen and Marburg
629
SULTAN AYOUB MEO Milan
637
USA Greece
639
UNDINE E LANG
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HO SUNG KANG
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Medical University Vienna
657
ANNSOFIE HANSSON GERD HASENFUSS
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AXEL LORENTZ
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LIDIA LARIZZA lemerrernecker
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Department of Medicine University of Regensburg Medical Centre
679
THOMAS A FLEISHER
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Sahlgrenska University Hospital GeorgAugustUniversity Goettingen
686
Royal Free Hospital The University of Calgary
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Molecular Genetics Laboratory TATSURO KONDOH
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dal16cam ac uk RICHARD LORENZ
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Department of Nephrology
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ULRICH HEININGER werner hepptklinikumkarlsruhe
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College of Medicine
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KONRAD SANDHOFF Australia
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Ankara University School of Medicine devermanggc
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ISMAT GHANEM Department of Anatomy and Embryology
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MIRANDA LOMER Ulm University
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Department of Laboratory Medicine JORGE FRANK
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UKBB DAVID N HERRMANN
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Department of Molecular Biology CLIFFORD E KASHTAN
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KLAUS RUETHER
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King Khalid University Hospital MASSIMILIANO MIRABELLA
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Y J AMES KANG SURENDER KASHYAP
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Nottingham GRAEME JONES
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LEPPER
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National Institute of Health DHHS University Medical Center Maastricht
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Department of Medicine II Gastroenterology Hepatology London Health Science Centre
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JUSTINE H S FONG KAREL FRASCH
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HEIMO MAIRBÄURL Deparment of Neurophysiopathology
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NYHAN
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TOBIAS HEINTGES David_Herrmannurmc rochester
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heimo mairbaeurlgmx de MARINA MARCHETTI
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neuropathounikoeln
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Georgetown University Heidelberg
856
OLIVER SCHILDGEN
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ELIZABETH MCCREADY Clinic of Dermatology
877
TOMMY MARTINSSON KIRK J MAURER
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JOAQUIN ESCRIBANO Academic Centre for Dentistry University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam
886
Department of Internal Medicine Bethesda MD
894
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Rome
897
PHILIP F GIAMPIETRO Internal Medicine Division
899
Department of Pediatrics ALEXANDER OLIVARESREYES
903
MonashHeart SYED HASSAN
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and Westmead Centre for Oral Health MASAOMI NANGAKU
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Atlanta GA The Netherlands
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REJIN KEBUDI nir_kfirhotmail
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SIMON H PEARCE FABIENNE PICARD
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Pediatric University Hospital Şişli İstanbul
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Duesseldorf ANNETTE RICHTERUNRUH
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USA India
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richard harpermed monash edu au hzaidiellipsisbiotherapeutics
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Germany HeinrichHeineUniversity
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james_powersurmc rochester edu IRCCS Fondazione Maugeri
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ROLAND REINEHR annette richterunruhendokrinologikum
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JOHANN OCKENGA Italy
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University of Cologne KHALID HUSSAIN
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Department of Dermatology
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University Hospital of Muenster San Diego
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JOHN NEWSOMDAVIS Chiba
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ZVI LARON Department of Nutritional Medicine
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Heartcenter Cardiology ANDREAS JANECKE
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JEAN MARIE SAUDUBRAY Section Neurobiology of the
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jescribanogrupsagessa com JUSTIN A EZEKOWITZ
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ZMBH THOMAS KLOPSTOCK
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GEORGE E EHRLICH holger eltzschiguchsc
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alberto felrinunipd it ANTONELLA FIORAVANTI
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NILS PETERS Dipartimento di Medicina Interna
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Tuebingen Japan
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Department of Neurology Università degli Studi di Firenze
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Department of Anatomy Biology and Medicine francois jouretnefr ucl ac
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CHRISTIAN POX Italy
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KLAUS PFEFFER ELENA PISCHIK
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University Muenster BERNHARD SCHMIDT
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Department of Medical Genetic Services Hebrew UniversityHadassah Medical School
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University Hospital Duesseldorf MARKUS J RIEMENSCHNEIDER
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JULIAN F B MERCER
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JÜRGEN KOHLHASE Departments of Internal Medicine and Integrative Biology
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hillebrandsmed umcg nl s holgatesoton ac
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USA Israelbengcc huji ac il
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Japan KARIN J URKATROTT
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University of Bern New York University School of Medicine
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HEATHER E MCDERMID DAVENDRA MEHTA
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HOLGER LERCHE CHANGHONG LI
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Germany GeorgAugustUniversity Goettingen
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University of Padova
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Bochum PETER PROPPING
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ERIC P HOFFMAN ihmrcdunn cam ac
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PETER HACKMAN RIIKKA H HÄMÄLÄINEN
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USA david gelleryale
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Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Karin jurkatrottuniulm
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Hepatology and Endocrinology BOB OLSSON
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Department of Dermatology URSULA KNIRSCH
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UK Section of Sleep
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Philadelphia PA ORLANDO GUNTINASLICHIUS
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Stephan Froehlichmed unimuenchen de Paris France
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NARAIN MOORJANI School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
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Edmonton AB Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine
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Japan London
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RICHARD E GILBERT HANS H GOEBEL
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Department of Psychological Medicine
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Hospital for Sick Children Division of Orthopedics and
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MICHAEL ESCUDIER Walter Mackenzie Center
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Ulm University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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EIJI ITOI Andreas Janeckeimed ac
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SABINE KRAUSE
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GILCHRIST Department of Dermatalogy Venereology and Allergology
1543
Bone Research Programme ALBRECHT HESSE
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University of ErlangenNuremberg FELIX G RIEPE
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LUNDGREN Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene
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Clinical Physiology
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Germany Department of Pediatrics
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Germany Gothenburg
1605
MCGILL LAXMI S MEHTA
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JAN RÉMI Kiel
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schillmunimuenster de Goettingen
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Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
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Department of General Surgery WOLFRAM TRUDO KNOEFEL
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HENK EIJER Austria
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KAREL PACAK Russia
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Sonnenhof Clinic FUMIO ENDO
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USA PRADEEP V KADAMBI
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RICHARD W LIGHT marita lipsanenhus
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rlight98yahoo com Klinikum Hanau Hanau
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ABDULLAH F MOBEIREEK
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DANIELA ESER LYNETTE D FAIRBANKS
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CLAUS FERDINAND EISENBERGER
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SERGIO A JIMENEZ Chicago IL
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Department of Epileptology J UTTA ENGEL
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NICOLA LONGO Institute of Pathology Clinic of Dortmund gGmbH
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Department of Medicine RADOSŁAW LENARCZYK
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GEORGE W PADBERG Medicine
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Department of Biological Chemistry CARLOS GALLIANI
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Canada MARY REDMOND HUTSON
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HIROMU MORI Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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MARIAT KRAUTH
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ATTEYETALLA FETOUH YASSIN Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences
1774
AINU PRAKASHCHENG Germany
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Foresterhill Aberdeen Bonn
1788
FriedrichSchillerUniversity
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Childrens National Medical Center FRANK G HOLZ
1803
Germany Department of Medical Biology Gulhane Medical Academy
1805
Institute of Physiology YRJÖ KONTTINEN
1806
Division of Nephrology Giessen University
1807
Heidelberg
1810
GOO TAEG OH GUIDO OPPIDO
1811
TAM NGUYEN Germany
1813
LING J ING jens kadenmed ma uniheidelberg
1822
NIDDK National Institutes of Health Wake Forest University School of Medicine
1823
Berlin HARJOT K SAINI
1830
Research and Development SHIMON SAKAGUCHI
1836
MedicalUniversity of Innsbruck Cook Childrens Hospital
1842
CHRISTINE KLEIN knoefelmed uniduesseldorf
1850
JOHN A MCGRATH
1869
Tohoku University School of Medicine PETER L M JANSEN
1872
Germany Tuebingen
1896
Munich MARCELLA RIETSCHEL
1898
Department of Psychiatry
1899
SOPHIE NICOLE Germany
1901
ALFRIED KOHLSCHÜTTER
1918
GIORA Z FEUERSTEIN Department of Dermatology Venerology and Allergy University Hospital SchleswigHolstein
1925
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension MARKUS K
1931
SYLVAIN LATOUR JYHYEUAN
1941
REULECKE Germany
1944
SARAH H ELSEA regina ensenauermed unimuenchen
1947
University of Muenster Service
1980
Center of Neurology INSERM Hôpital Necker EnfantsMalades
2001
HILMAR PRANGE
2011
JULIA HORN Durham
2019
Taipei Medical University Czech Republic
2021
Department of Neurology HERVÉ
2030
Germany IvorGadhb govt
2041
Germany JAMES HYLAND
2046
jason huanguphs upenn
2052
University Hospital of Muenster MARC RIGHINI
2056
FABRIZIO GUARNERI sefguranyahoo
2089
USA ELAN D LOUIS
2103
Pacific Parkinsons Research Centre
2112
HENA R RAMAY Paris
2123
ROBERTO MANFREDI CARLA MARINI
2128
Hematology Depatment JOHANNES C NOSSENT
2131
LudwigMaximilianUniversity Munich KHASHAYAR SAKHAEE
2151
Clinic for Immunology
2172
TOBIAS A RUPPRECHT Khashayar Sakhaeeutsouthwestern
2200
Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology CARLO PACE NAPOLEONE
2209
Policlinico Universitario PAVEL GUREVICH
2225
IRENE GUERRINI
2239
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About the author (2009)

Florian Lang is professor of physiology and chair of the department at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He studied medicine in Munich and Glasgow and has held positions at the University of Innsbruck, the Mayo Clinic, Yale University, the University of Naples and the Max Planck Institute, Frankfurt. He is a cell physiologist whose specific interest lies in the physiology of host cells invaded by pathogens.

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