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Michael W. Adler (Editor) : Diseases in the Homosexual Male

Springer-Verlag, London, 1988

ISBN 9783540195214

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F5 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, diagonal wrinkling/crease on the front lower right corner, tear on the back bottom left corner, old price label on the back, scattered light foxing and stains on the page edges and endpapers, scattered tanning and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. With 31 Figures. The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science, Series Editor Jack Tinker. 9.75"x6.75", 204 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science is a series of monographs offering authoritative and topical accounts of scientific developments pertinent to many fields of clinical practice. It is the aim of the series to produce individual volumes that are succinct and informative providing critical appraisals of the chosen subject and highlighting their significance to the scientific basis of patient care. Diseases in the Homosexual Male is written to show the wide variety of clinical diseases including AIDS that can occur among homosexual men and which can be acquired via the sexual route. The fact that a disease and/or organisms can be spread sexually has often been first realized in homosexual men. This occurred with hepatitis B, protozoal infections and, of course, the human immunodeficiency virus. Chapters are devoted to bacterial, viral and protozoal infections with other presentation, diagnosis, treatment and future possibilities for therapy are all covered. In addition two chapters are devoted to the historical and sociological aspects of homosexuality and AIDS.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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