Essentials of Rubin's pathology / editors, Emanuel Rubin, MD, Howard M. Reisner, PhD ; illustrations by Dimitri Karetnikov, George Barile, and Kathy Jaeger.
Edition:
6th ed.
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Abridgement of: Rubin's pathology / editors, Raphael Rubin, David S. Strayer, Gonzalo Aponte. 6th ed. 2011. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chapter 29. The eye. Chapter 2. Inflammation -- Chapter 3. Repair, regeneration and fibrosis -- Chapter 4. Immunopathology -- Chapter 5. Neoplasia -- Chapter 6. Developmental and genetic diseases -- Chapter 7. Hemodynamic disorders -- Chapter 8. Environmental and nutritional pathology -- Chapter 9. Infectious and parasitic diseases -- Chapter 10. Blood vessels -- Chapter 11. The heart -- Chapter 12. The respiratory system -- Chpater 13. The gastrointestinal tract -- Chapter 14. The liver and biliary system -- Chapter 15. The pancreas -- Chapter 16. The kidney -- Chapter 17. The lower urinary tract and male reproductive system -- Chapter 18. The female reproductive system -- Chapter 19. The breast -- Chpater 20. Hematopathology -- Chapter 21. The endocrine system -- Chapter 22. Obesity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome -- Chapter 23. The amyloidoses -- Chapter 24. The skin -- Chapter 25. The head and neck -- Chapter 26. Bones and joints -- Chapter 27. Skeletal muscle -- Chapter 28. The nervous system -- Chapter 29. The eye.
Summary:
This Sixth Edition, is a condensed version of the main title, Rubin's Pathology, 6 edition. Targeted to students in allied health fields, including dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant, chiropractic, and occupational therapy, this edition follows the same format as Rubin's Pathology, covering principles and mechanisms of pathology in the first section and organ-specific pathology in the second section. Essentials extracts key information on pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical features of diseases. Illustrations -- whether schematic or photographic -- are also all derived from the main text.
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