Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 8/e

This Pocket Companion to Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Edition offers rapid, portable access to the most important pathology facts and concepts. Richard Mitchell, MD, PhD, Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRCPath, Nelson Fausto, MD, Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, and Jon Aster, MD assemble all of the key data and principles of pathology in a concise, at-a-glance format and fit them into your pocket for quick reference anytime. The result is a superb source for quick answers and an efficient review tool on any aspect of pathology.

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