Bücher der Reihe Advances in Nutritional Research

This volume continues the theme established in Volume 1 of providing a con spectus of the current state of knowledge on topics of active nutritional re search.

Nutritional Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Experience with Patients in Hepatic Encephalopathy . Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy . Cellular Retinol-and Retinoic Acid-Binding Proteins . Binding Proteins in Cultured Cells . Binding Proteins in Experimental Tumors . Binding Proteins in Human Tumors .

As a back drop for subsequent chapters on specific nutrients, Chapter 1 provides a com prehensive account of the gain and loss of bone throughout the life cycle, with emphasis on the architectural changes in later life that predispose to osteoporotic bone fractures.

. General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classification of Adverse Reactions to Foods . . . . . . . . Classification and Time Course of Allergic Reactions . . . IgE (Reaginic) Antibodies . . . . . . . 6 . IgE Antibodies ... Non-IgE Antibodies . Controversial Techniques . 13 . Classical Reaginic Syndromes . 13 . Frequency . 13 .

. Comments on Comparative Placentology . . . . . . . . . . .* . . 1 . The Perfusion Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . Potentials and Umltations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . .

Volume 4 of Advances in Nutritional Research reflects the increased importance that recently has been attached to nutrition in many fields of clinical medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . .

As a back drop for subsequent chapters on specific nutrients, Chapter 1 provides a com prehensive account of the gain and loss of bone throughout the life cycle, with emphasis on the architectural changes in later life that predispose to osteoporotic bone fractures.