An Introduction to General Pathology
W.G. Spector(Author)
T. Spector(Editor)
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published in March 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-443-03932-4 (ISBN)
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A study of general pathology, updated due to a number of developments, enabling many seemingly disparate pathological processes to be seen as integral components of the body's defence system. Pathology is related to broader aspects of biology throughout, especially ecology and natural selection. New features include the effects of low levels of radiation, new theories to explain anorexia and details of cancer-causign viruses. The text also includes extra or new material on complement, immunodeficiency, leucotriene, tissue growth factors, interleukins, the role of IL-1, tumour growth factors and HLA disease. The text is intended for students of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, though it should prove useful to workers in all branches of science who wish to learn about the essential disease processes. It contains enough information to enable readers to reach a satisfactory standard of knowledge of general pathology in all qualifying examinations including the MB examination of English universities or its overseas equivalents or its counterparts in dentistry and veterinary science.
A study of general pathology, updated due to a number of developments, enabling many seemingly disparate pathological processes to be seen as integral components of the body's defence system. Pathology is related to broader aspects of biology throughout, especially ecology and natural selection. New features include the effects of low levels of radiation, new theories to explain anorexia and details of cancer-causign viruses. The text also includes extra or new material on complement, immunodeficiency, leucotriene, tissue growth factors, interleukins, the role of IL-1, tumour growth factors and HLA disease. The text is intended for students of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, though it should prove useful to workers in all branches of science who wish to learn about the essential disease processes. It contains enough information to enable readers to reach a satisfactory standard of knowledge of general pathology in all qualifying examinations including the MB examination of English universities or its overseas equivalents or its counterparts in dentistry and veterinary science.
A study of general pathology, updated due to a number of developments, enabling many seemingly disparate pathological processes to be seen as integral components of the body's defence system. Pathology is related to broader aspects of biology throughout, especially ecology and natural selection. New features include the effects of low levels of radiation, new theories to explain anorexia and details of cancer-causign viruses. The text also includes extra or new material on complement, immunodeficiency, leucotriene, tissue growth factors, interleukins, the role of IL-1, tumour growth factors and HLA disease. The text is intended for students of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, though it should prove useful to workers in all branches of science who wish to learn about the essential disease processes. It contains enough information to enable readers to reach a satisfactory standard of knowledge of general pathology in all qualifying examinations including the MB examination of English universities or its overseas equivalents or its counterparts in dentistry and veterinary science.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
91 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-03932-4 (9780443039324)
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Tim D. Spector | John S. Axford
Introduction to General Pathology
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09/1999
4th Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€35.95
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Content
Understanding pathology; infection - man and his symbiotes; the stabilization and breakdown of symbiosis between man and microbes; microbial factors in symbiosis and disease; phagocytosis; immunity, antibodies and complement; the formation of antibodies; immunodeficiency and AIDS; hypersensitivity; auto-immune disease; inflammation; the systemic reponse to injury - bone marrow, fever, plasma proteins, endocrine and metabolic, regulation; chronic inflammation; healing and repair; atheroma; thrombosis and clotting; embolisma nd infarction; oedema; failure of body systems; cell degeneration, dysfunction and death; dysfunction of cells of the blood; nutritional pathology; pathology caused by ionizing radiation; ageing; congenital and inherited disease; genetically determined disease; chronosomal abnormalities; congenital and inherited disease; genetically determined dissease; chromosomal abnormalities; congential malformations, polygenic inheritance and fetal environment; the HLA system, disease and transplantation; gout, diabetes and heredity; hypertrophy, hyperplasia and atrophy; neoplasia; the properties of cancer cells; oncogenesis; genetic information and cancer; viruses and cancer; growth factors, hormones and cancer; chemicals, radiation, environmental factors and cancer; immune mechanisms and cancer; epidemiology of cancer; psychosocial factors in pathology.