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(Clinical Chemistry. 1999;45:1583-1584.)
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Robbins Pathological Basis of Disease. Ramzi S. Cotran, Vinay Kumar, and Tucker Collins, eds. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co., 1999, 1472 pp., $75.00. ISBN 0-7216-7335-X.

Dean A. Arvan and Patrice F. Spitalnik

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642

The new edition of this substantially enhanced and superbly illustrated "classic" textbook encompasses detailed and authoritative descriptions of our current understanding of disease mechanisms and their pathologic sequelae. As in previous editions, the book is organized into two major sections of unequal length. The first one-third encompasses 10 chapters dealing with molecular, cellular, and tissue reactions to injury caused by agents and/or pathophysiological processes that may affect any organ system, e.g., infections or environmental agents, nutritional deficiencies, vascular or immunologic reactions, and neoplasia. The remaining two-thirds of the book consists of 20 chapters describing etiologic mechanisms, pathologic lesions, diagnostic tests, when appropriate, and clinicopathologic correlations of diseases affecting specific organs or organ systems. Between the two sections, a substantially improved chapter on diseases of infancy and childhood has . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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