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CONTENTS<br />

VOLUME 2<br />

Foreword by Maureen Pelletier, M.D., C.C.N., F.A.C.O.G.<br />

How to Use The Facts On File <strong>Encyclopedia</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Medicine</strong><br />

Preface to Volume 2<br />

vii<br />

ix<br />

xiii<br />

The Cardiovascular System 1<br />

The Blood <strong>and</strong> Lymph 118<br />

The Pulmonary System 175<br />

The Immune System <strong>and</strong> Allergies 235<br />

Infectious Diseases 303<br />

Cancer 364<br />

Medical Advisory Review Panel 399<br />

Index 403<br />

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