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ROBBINS AND COTRAN PATHOLOGIC BASIS OF DISEASE, PROFESSIONAL EDITION
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Professional Edition
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Eighth Edition

By
Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRCPath, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Abul Abbas, MBBS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Nelson Fausto, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jon Aster, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Description
One of the best-selling medical textbooks of all time, Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease is the one book you likely purchased as a medical student that still provides answers now that you're in practice. The new PROFESSIONAL EDITION is the same "who's who" of pathology experts that delivers the most dependable, current, and complete coverage of today's essential pathology knowledge, now enhanced with PERKS DESIGNED SPECIALLY FOR YOU AS A PRACTITIONER. Masterful editing and a practical organization make learning or reinforcing every concept remarkably easy. Online access via EXPERT CONSULT allows you to download the full-color images, perform advanced searches within Robbins and across your other Expert Consult titles, and gives you free access to a powerful differential diagnosis tool. The result remains the ideal source for an optimal understanding of pathology at its core. Also available: Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease with Student Consult online access, and Robbins & Cotran Atlas of Pathology.

Audience
Practicing Pathologists, Physicians needing a basic understanding of pathology to diagnose and treat their patients, Physicians who own additional titles with Expert Consult online access

Contents


General Pathology


1. Cellular Responses to Stress and Toxic Insults: Adaptation, Injury, and Death

2. Acute and Chronic Inflammation

3. Tissue Renewal, Repair, and Regeneration

4. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolic Disease, and Shock

5. Genetic Disorders

6. Diseases of the Immune System

7. Neoplasia

8. Infectious Diseases

9. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases

10. Diseases of Infancy and Childhood



Systemic Pathology: Diseases of Organ Systems


11. Blood Vessels

12. The Heart

13. Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus

14. Red Blood Cell and Bleeding Disorders

15. The Lung

16. Head and Neck

17. The Gastrointestinal Tract

18. Liver and Biliary Tract

19. The Pancreas

20. The Kidney

21. The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System

22. The Female Genital Tract

23. The Breast

24. The Endocrine System

25. The Skin

26. Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors

27. Peripheral Nerve and Skeletal Muscle

28. The Central Nervous System

29. The Eye

Index

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1464 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4377-0792-2
ISBN-10: 1-4377-0792-0
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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