Introduction to General Pathology
4th Edition
Published on 6. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
404 pages
978-0-443-04884-5 (ISBN)
Description
This well-established book is an ideal introduction to the mechanisms of disease. This new edition reflects the hugely increased understanding of molecular mechanisms. The central thesis is that most disease processes are caused by the inadequate adaptation to either the internal or external environment. The book will give students in the first years of their course an excellent background for the subsequent study of system-based pathology. This edition has received a major revision by Dr Spector (son of the original author) and Professor Axford (editor of the Blackwells Textbook of Medicine).
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate students of medicine, dentistry, veterinary and biological sciences
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
96 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-04884-5 (9780443048845)
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Previous edition
W.G. Spector | T. Spector
An Introduction to General Pathology
Book
03/1989
3rd Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€27.22
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Content
Understanding Pathology. Infection: Man and His Symbiotes. The Stabilisation 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 Response to Injury: Bone Marrow. The Systemic Response to Injury: Fever. The Systemic Response to Injury: Plasma Proteins. The Systemic Response to Injury: Endocrine and Metabolic . The Systemic Response to Injury: Regulation. Chronic Inflammation. Healing and Repair. Atheroma. Thrombosis and Clotting. Embolism and 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. 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 Propertiesof 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