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By
Neville Woolf, PhD, MMed(path), FRCPath, Vice Dean and Faculty Tutor, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
A. Wotherspoon, Consultant Pathologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
Martin Young, Consultant Pathologist, St. George's Hospital, London, UK
Description
This pocket-sized guide covers both the general and systemic pathology knowledge needed in examinations and in practice. Based on Dr.
Woolf's Pathology: Basic and Systemic, it focuses on clinically relevant material and is perfect for review or for consultation
when on the go.
Audience
Pathologists and Training pathologists
Contents
BASIC PATHOLOGY
The nature of pathology. Cell injury and its manifestations. Cell and tissue death. Acute inflammation I: Introduction.
Acute inflammation II: Cellular events. Factors which modify the inflammatory reaction. The natural history of acute inflammation I:
Healing. The natural history of acute inflammation II: Wound healing. The natural history of acute inflammation III: Chronicity. The
immune system. Disorders related to the immune system. Autoimmune disease. Transplantation and the major histocompatibility complex.
Granulomatous inflammation. Some specific granulomatous disorders. Amyloid and the amyloidoses. General pathology of viral infections.
Disorders of blood flow. Ischaemia and infarction. Abnormal accumulations of fluid and disturbances of blood distribution. Pigmentation
and heterotropic calcification. Neoplasia: disorders of cell proliferation and differentiation. Non-neoplastic disturbances in cell growth
and proliferation. Cell proliferation and differentiation in relation to neoplasia. Relationship of neoplastic cells with their environment:
Tumour spread. Effects of neoplasms on the host. Effect of the host on neoplasms. Oncogenesis and the molecular biology of cancer. Oncogenesis.
Genetic disorders. Single gene defects.
SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY
The cardiovascular system. The respiratory system. The gastrointestinal
system. The liver, biliary system and exocrine pancreas. The kidney. The lower urinary tract. The male reproductive system. The female
reproductive system. The endocrine system. The haemopoietic system. The lymphoreticular system. The skin. The skeletal system. The nervous
system. Special senses.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 1000 pages, publication date: SEP-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2394-1
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2394-9
Imprint: BAILLIÈRE TINDALL
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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