Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease

Now in full color, the new Edition of this classic continues to be the most current, comprehensive and practical reference on pathology. The 6th Edition carries on the tradition of excellence that has made its predecessors the gold standard: authoritative authorship...unparalleled readability...logical, consistent organization...and definitive, state-of-the art coverage of every aspect of the specialty. Features: * a uniform organization of systems-based chapters in a highly readable and tightly edited text. * Uses a chapter sequence that is compatible with most course outlines. * Covers subjects in proportion to their clinical importance or biological relevance. * Includes numerous micrographs and diagrams as well as detailed chapter outlines and extensive chapter references. New to this edition: * Offers full-color illustrations of gross and microscopic pathology. * Presents over 170 newly created computer-generated diagrams, including schematics, flow charts, and diagrammatic representations of disease. * Offers a new chapter on The Eye. * Covers molecular genetics and molecular pathology for most major diseases and cancers.

Table of Contents:
General pathology: cellular pathology I - cell injury and cell death; cellular pathology II - adaptations, intracellular accumulations, and cell ageing; acute and chronic inflammation; tissue repair - cellular growth, fibrosis, and wound healing; haemodynamic disorders, thrombosis, and shock; genetic disorders; diseases of immunity; neoplasia; infectious diseases; environmental and nutritional pathology; diseases of infancy and childhood. Diseases of organ systems: blood vessels; the heart; red cells and bleeding disorders; white cells, lymph nodes, spleen and thymus; the lung; head and neck; the gastrointestinal tract; the liver and the biliary tract; the pancreas; the kidney; the lower urinary tract; the male genital tract; the female genital tract; the breast; the endocrine system; the skin; bones, joints and soft tissue tumours; peripheral nerve and skeletal muscle; the central nervous system; the eye.

About the Author :
Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRCPath, Alice Hogge and Arthur A. Baer Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology, Biologic Sciences Division and the Pritzker Medical School, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Review :
Review of Previous Edition: "...A welcome and much needed reassertion of the central importance of pathology in all of medical education." -JAMA