Pocket Companion to Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease

by Mitchell, Kumar, Abbas & Fausto

• ISBN13: 9780721602653
• ISBN10: 0721602657
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-27
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

This pocket-sized resource offers rapid, portable access to the most important facts and concepts from Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th Edition. It is a superb source for quick answers to clinical questions, as well as an efficient review tool on any area of the field. Assembles all of the key data and principles of pathology. Presents information in a concise, at-a-glance format. Fits into a reader's pocket, for convenient reference any time. Offers abundant page references to the parent text, making additional information easy to find.

Table of Contents

General Pathology
Cellular Adaptations, Cell Injury, and Cell Death	p. 3
Acute and Chronic Inflammation	p. 27
Tissue Renewal and Repair: Regeneration, Healing, and Fibrosis	p. 52
Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolic Disease, and Shock	p. 69
Genetic Disorders	p. 89
Diseases of Immunity	p. 117
Neoplasia	p. 149
Infectious Diseases	p. 183
Environmental and Nutritional Pathology	p. 212
Diseases of Infancy and Childhood	p. 248
Diseases of Organ Systems
Blood Vessels	p. 267
The Heart	p. 288
Red Blood Cell and Bleeding Disorders	p. 317
White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus	p. 339
The Lung	p. 376
Head and Neck	p. 401
The Gastrointestinal Tract	p. 410
Liver and Biliary Tract	p. 446
The Pancreas	p. 476
The Kidney	p. 483
The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System	p. 510
The Female Genital Tract	p. 532
The Breast	p. 551
The Endocrine System	p. 561
The Skin	p. 604
Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors	p. 630
Peripheral Nerve and Skeletal Muscle	p. 659
The Central Nervous System	p. 673
The Eye	p. 709
Index	p. 721
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