This book presents the latest edition of this popular, comprehensive and practical text of pathology. Written with great clarity for easy readability, it offers detailed discussions of genetic disorders, cellular injury and death, neoplasia, the skeletal system and soft tissue tumors, and much more. Completely revised and updated, this edition is even more user-friendly with the use of text boxes for key topics in each chapter and a new full-color design. It features 1200 excellent 4-color illustrations!
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Review of Previous Edition: "...A welcome and much needed reassertion of the central importance of pathology in all of medical education." -JAMA
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Illustrationen
1765 ills (1352 in full color; 86 in 2-color)
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Höhe: 285 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7216-7335-6 (9780721673356)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
General pathology: cellular pathology I - cell injury and cell death; cellular pathology II - adaptations, intracellular accumulations, and cell ageing; acute and chronic inflammation; tissue repair - cellular growth, fibrosis, and wound healing; haemodynamic disorders, thrombosis, and shock; genetic disorders; diseases of immunity; neoplasia; infectious diseases; environmental and nutritional pathology; diseases of infancy and childhood. Diseases of organ systems: blood vessels; the heart; red cells and bleeding disorders; white cells, lymph nodes, spleen and thymus; the lung; head and neck; the gastrointestinal tract; the liver and the biliary tract; the pancreas; the kidney; the lower urinary tract; the male genital tract; the female genital tract; the breast; the endocrine system; the skin; bones, joints and soft tissue tumours; peripheral nerve and skeletal muscle; the central nervous system; the eye.