A thorough understanding of pathology is crucial for doctors and a foundation for safe and effective clinical practice. This internationally renowned, award-winning textbook provides a comprehensive overview, aligned to the needs of current medical students and early career stage doctors. The book starts with a clear introduction to the basic principles of pathology, then moves on to more detailed discussion of disease mechanisms and the pathology of specific disorders ordered by body system. The text has been fully updated for this eighth edition and optimized for efficient study. Complete with unrivalled photographs, images, graphics and supplementary electronic materials, Underwood’s Pathology is the complete learning package no medical student should be without. INDICE: 1. What is pathology?James Underwood2. What is disease?James Underwood3. What causes disease?James Underwood and Simon S. Cross4. Disorders of growth, differentiation and morphogenesisJonathan Bury and Jon Griffin5. Responses to cellular injuryJonathan Bury and Jon Griffin6. Disorders of metabolism and homeostasisStephen R. Morley7. Ischaemia, infarction and shockSimon S. Cross8. Immunology and immunopathologyCarrock Sewell9. InflammationNidhi Tandon10. Neoplasia and carcinogenesisMark Johan Arends11. Ageing and deathEmyr Wyn Benbow12. How do pathologists help patient care?Patricia Virginia Vergani13. Cardiovascular systemKirsty Louise Lloyd and Eu-wing Toh14. Respiratory systemAlexandra Rice15. Alimentary systemHeike I. Grabsch16. Liver, biliary system and exocrine pancreasBeate Haugk, Alyn Louise Cratchley and Olorunda Rotimi17. Endocrine systemFawzia Tahir18. BreastJanet L. Jones19. Female genital tractSanjiv Manek20. Urinary and male genital tractsDaniel M. Berney21. Kidney diseasesIan S.D Roberts22. Lymph nodes and extranodal lymphoid tissue, spleen and thymusSyed Mohammed Hasan Rizvi23. Blood and bone marrowHenry Watson and Dominic Culligan24. SkinColin Moyes and Grant Wylie25. Osteoarticular and connective tissuesDavid Hughes26. Central and peripheral nervous systemsColin Smith
- ISBN: 978-0-443-11699-5
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2024
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés