| Description |
xvi, 1198 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
1. General Concepts of Disease: Health Versus Disease / Gerald D. Abrams -- 2. Heredity, Environment, and Disease: Interaction of Heredity and Environment / James L. Vandenbosch -- 3. Cellular Injury and Death / Gerald D. Abrams -- 4. Response of the Body to Injury: Inflammation and Repair / Gerald D. Abrams -- 5. Response of the Body to Immunologic Challenge / Marilyn Sawyer Sommers -- 6. Response of the Body to Infectious Agents / Gerald D. Abrams -- 7. Disturbances in Circulation / Gerald D. Abrams -- 8. Disturbances in Growth, Cellular Proliferation, and Differentiation / Gerald D. Abrams -- 9. Familiar Allergic Disorders: Anaphylaxis and the Atopic Diseases / William R. Solomon -- 10. Bronchial Asthma: Allergic and Otherwise / William R. Solomon -- 11. Atopic Dermatitis and Urticaria / William R. Solomon -- 12. Autoimmune and Immune Complex-Induced Diseases / William R. Solomon -- 13. Adverse Reactions to Drugs and Related Substances / William R. Solomon |
| Summary |
Provides a comprehensive presentation of pathophysiologic mechanisms in disease processes. Various dysfunctions of an organ system are also examined. The emphasis is on understanding the etiology and pathogenesis of a given disorder |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diagnosis, Laboratory.
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Nursing.
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Pathology -- Study and teaching.
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Physiology, Pathological.
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Pathology.
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Pathology.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
Price, Sylvia Anderson.
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Wilson, Lorraine McCarty.
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| LC no. |
96015023 |
| ISBN |
0815166214 |
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