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Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
- 9th Edition - June 2, 2014
- Authors: Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster
- Editors: Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 1 3 0 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 6 4 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 5 7 7 3 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 6 3 9 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 6 3 5 - 9
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Request a sales quoteDependable, current, and complete, Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 9th Edition is the perennially best-selling text that you’ll use long after your medical student days are behind you. A world-class author team headed by Drs. Vinay Kumar, Abul Abbas, and Jon Aster, delivers the latest, most essential pathology knowledge in a readable, interesting manner, ensuring optimal understanding of the latest basic science and clinical content. High-quality photographs and full-color illustrations highlight new information in molecular biology, disease classifications, new drugs and drug therapies, and much more.
- Rely on uniquely authoritative and readable coverage, ideal for USMLE or specialty board preparation, as well as for course work.
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1st and 2nd year medical students of pathology; Professional Pathologists; International Students, Practicing Physiologists, 3rd and 4th year medical students, postgraduates, Pathophysiologists
- Cover image
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface: A New Chapter
- Acknowledgments
- General Pathology
- 1 The Cell as a Unit of Health and Disease
- The Genome
- Cellular Housekeeping
- Cellular Metabolism and Mitochondrial Function
- Cellular Activation
- Signal Transduction Pathways
- Growth Factors and Receptors
- Interaction with the Extracellular Matrix
- Maintaining Cell Populations
- Suggested Readings
- 2 Cellular Responses to Stress and Toxic Insults
- Introduction to Pathology
- Overview: Cellular Responses to Stress and Noxious Stimuli
- Adaptations of Cellular Growth and Differentiation
- Overview of Cell Injury and Cell Death
- Causes of Cell Injury
- Morphologic Alterations in Cell Injury
- Mechanisms of Cell Injury
- Clinicopathologic Correlations: Selected Examples of Cell Injury and Necrosis
- Apoptosis
- Autophagy
- Intracellular Accumulations
- Pathologic Calcification
- Cellular Aging
- Suggested Readings
- 3 Inflammation and Repair
- Overview of Inflammation: Definitions and General Features
- Acute Inflammation
- Chronic Inflammation
- Systemic Effects of Inflammation
- Tissue Repair
- Cell and Tissue Regeneration
- Repair by Connective Tissue Deposition
- Factors That Influence Tissue Repair
- Selected Clinical Examples of Tissue Repair and Fibrosis
- Abnormalities in Tissue Repair
- Suggested Readings
- 4 Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolic Disease, and Shock
- Edema and Effusions
- Hyperemia and Congestion
- Hemostasis, Hemorrhagic Disorders, and Thrombosis
- Embolism
- Infarction
- Shock
- Suggested Readings
- 5 Genetic Disorders
- Genes and Human Diseases
- Mendelian Disorders
- Complex Multigenic Disorders
- Chromosomal Disorders
- Single-Gene Disorders with Nonclassic Inheritance
- Molecular Genetic Diagnosis
- Acknowledgment
- Suggested Reading
- 6 Diseases of the Immune System
- The Normal Immune Response
- Hypersensitivity: Immunologically Mediated Tissue Injury
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Rejection of Tissue Transplants
- Immunodeficiency Syndromes
- Amyloidosis
- Suggested Readings
- 7 Neoplasia
- Nomenclature
- Characteristics of Benign and Malignant Neoplasms
- Epidemiology of Cancer
- Molecular Basis of Cancer: Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations
- Carcinogenic Agents and Their Cellular Interactions
- Suggested Readings
- 8 Infectious Diseases
- General Principles of Microbial Pathogenesis
- Special Techniques for Diagnosing Infectious Agents
- Viral Infections
- Bacterial Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Parasitic Infections
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Suggested Readings
- 9 Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
- Environmental Effects on Global Disease Burden
- Health Effects of Climate Change
- Toxicity of Chemical and Physical Agents
- Environmental Pollution
- Occupational Health Risks: Industrial and Agricultural Exposures
- Effects of Alcohol
- Injury by Therapeutic Drugs and Drugs of Abuse
- Injury by Physical Agents
- Nutritional Diseases
- Suggested Readings
- 10 Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
- Congenital Anomalies
- Prematurity and Fetal Growth Restriction
- Perinatal Infections
- Fetal Hydrops
- Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Other Genetic Disorders
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Infancy and Childhood
- Suggested Readings
- Systemic Pathology: Diseases of Organ Systems
- 11 Blood Vessels
- Vascular Structure and Function
- Vascular Anomalies
- Vascular Wall Response to Injury
- Hypertensive Vascular Disease
- Arteriosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Aneurysms and Dissection
- Vasculitis
- Disorders of Blood Vessel Hyperreactivity
- Veins and Lymphatics
- Vascular Tumors
- Pathology of Vascular Intervention
- Suggested Readings
- 12 The Heart
- Cardiac Structure and Specializations
- Effects of Aging on the Heart
- Overview of Cardiac Pathophysiology
- Heart Failure
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Arrhythmias
- Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathies
- Pericardial Disease
- Heart Disease Associated with Rheumatologic Disorders
- Tumors of the Heart
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Suggested Readings
- 13 Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus
- Disorders of White Cells
- Spleen
- Thymus
- Suggested Readings
- 14 Red Blood Cell and Bleeding Disorders
- Anemias
- Polycythemia
- Bleeding Disorders: Hemorrhagic Diatheses
- Suggested Readings
- 15 The Lung
- Congenital Anomalies
- Atelectasis (Collapse)
- Pulmonary Edema
- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Diffuse Alveolar Damage)
- Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Diseases
- Obstructive Lung Diseases
- Chronic Diffuse Interstitial (Restrictive) Diseases
- Diseases of Vascular Origin
- Pulmonary Infections
- Lung Transplantation
- Tumors
- Pleura
- Suggested Readings
- 16 Head and Neck
- Oral Cavity
- Upper Airways
- Ears
- Neck
- Salivary Glands
- Suggested Readings
- 17 The Gastrointestinal Tract
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Intestine and Colon
- Peritoneal Cavity
- Tumors
- Suggested Readings
- 18 Liver and Gallbladder
- The Liver and Bile Ducts
- Gallbladder
- Suggested Readings
- 19 The Pancreas
- Congenital Anomalies
- Pancreatitis
- Nonneoplastic Cysts
- Neoplasms
- Suggested Readings
- 20 The Kidney
- Clinical Manifestations of Renal Diseases
- Glomerular Diseases
- Tubular and Interstitial Diseases
- Vascular Diseases
- Congenital and Developmental Anomalies
- Cystic Diseases of the Kidney
- Urinary Tract Obstruction (Obstructive Uropathy)
- Neoplasms of the Kidney
- Suggested Readings
- 21 The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System
- The Lower Urinary Tract
- The Male Genital Tract
- Suggested Readings
- 22 The Female Genital Tract
- Vulva
- Vagina
- Cervix
- Body of Uterus and Endometrium
- Fallopian Tubes
- Ovaries
- Gestational and Placental Disorders
- Suggested Readings
- 23 The Breast
- Disorders of Development
- Clinical Presentations of Breast Disease
- Inflammatory Disorders
- Benign Epithelial Lesions
- Carcinoma of the Breast
- Types of Breast Carcinoma
- Stromal Tumors
- Other Malignant Tumors of the Breast
- Suggested Readings
- 24 The Endocrine System
- Pituitary Gland
- Thyroid Gland
- Parathyroid Glands
- The Endocrine Pancreas
- Adrenal Glands
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
- Pineal Gland
- Suggested Readings
- 25 The Skin
- The Skin: More Than a Mechanical Barrier
- Disorders of Pigmentation and Melanocytes
- Benign Epithelial Tumors
- Adnexal (Appendage) Tumors
- Premalignant and Malignant Epidermal Tumors
- Tumors of the Dermis
- Tumors of Cellular Migrants to the Skin
- Disorders of Epidermal Maturation
- Acute Inflammatory Dermatoses
- Chronic Inflammatory Dermatoses
- Blistering (Bullous) Diseases
- Disorders of Epidermal Appendages
- Panniculitis
- Infection
- Suggested Readings
- 26 Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors
- Bone
- Joints
- Soft Tissue
- Suggested Readings
- 27 Peripheral Nerves and Skeletal Muscles
- Diseases of Peripheral Nerves
- Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction
- Diseases of Skeletal Muscle
- Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Suggested Readings
- 28 The Central Nervous System
- Cellular Pathology of the Central Nervous System
- Cerebral Edema, Hydrocephalus, and Raised Intracranial Pressure and Herniation
- Malformations and Developmental Disorders
- Perinatal Brain Injury
- Trauma
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Infections
- Prion Diseases
- Demyelinating Diseases
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Genetic Metabolic Diseases
- Toxic and Acquired Metabolic Diseases
- Tumors
- Suggested Readings
- 29 The Eye
- Orbit
- Eyelid
- Conjunctiva
- Sclera
- Cornea
- Anterior Segment
- Uvea
- Retina and Vitreous
- Optic Nerve
- The End-Stage Eye: Phthisis Bulbi
- Suggested Readings
- Index
- No. of pages: 1472
- Language: English
- Edition: 9
- Published: June 2, 2014
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780323313094
- eBook ISBN: 9780323296465
- eBook ISBN: 9780323357739
- eBook ISBN: 9780323296397
- eBook ISBN: 9780323296359
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Vinay Kumar
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
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAAA
Abul K. Abbas
Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USAJA
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAVK
Vinay Kumar
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
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAAA
Abul K. Abbas
Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USAJA
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA