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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.
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For medical students and those in health professions, Mitchell (pathology, Harvard Medical School) et al. offers a reference to important facts in Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th Edition, in a mainly bullet format. The 29 chapters cover general pathology and diseases by organ systems, including genetic disorders, diseases of immunity, neoplasia, and infectious diseases. Other subjects are environmental and nutritional pathology, hemodynamic disorders, diseases of childhood and infancy, tissue renewal and repair, inflammation, and cellular adaptations, injury, and death. Overviews and page references to the main volume are included. No bibliography is provided. Contributors are pathology professors from the US. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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