Basic Pathology An Introduction to the Mechanisms of Disease
by Lakhani, Sunil R.; Dilly, Susan A.; Finlayson, Caroline J.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1993-01-02
Publisher(s): Hodder Education Publishers
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Summary
This best-selling textbook provides a lively introduction to pathology for students of medicine, dentistry, nursing and other health professions. The book explores the basic mechanisms that a student must understand in order to make sense of clinical medicine, and in addition, covers all aspects of the science underlying disease processes, integrating the topics covered within a clinical setting. Entirely updated the third edition retains the much-praised clinical scenarios, historical anecdotes, key points boxes and revision notes from the previous edition . Restructured into five major sections, the text highlights the key mechanisms and their interplay in producing symptoms, signs and disease.
Author Biography
Ahmet Dogan is Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Histopathology at Royal Free & University College Medical School, London. Caroline J. Finlayson is Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Histopathology at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London. Susan A. Dilly is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Head of the School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire. Sunil R. Lakhani is Professor of Breast Cancer Pathology at The Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
Table of Contents
| Contents | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| What is disease?Prologue: Definition of disease | |
| Causes and Mechanisms | |
| What is a cause? | |
| Defence against disease | |
| The role of epidemiology in disease | |
| Major routes for the transmission of infection | |
| Defence against infection | |
| Circulatory disorders | |
| Vascular occlusion and thrombosis | |
| Atherosclerosis and Hypertension | |
| Circulatory failure | |
| Disorders of Cell Growth | |
| Benign grown disorders | |
| Malignant neoplasms | |
| What causes cancer? | |
| Molecular genetics of cancer | |
| Behaviour of tumors | |
| Clinical effects of tumors | |
| Epilogue | |
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