This concise introduction to pathology covers basic pathological mechanisms and offers a detailed review of systems pathology, making it a complete, effective review for today's readers. Hundreds of high-quality images-many new to this edition-illustrate common entities, and associated captions provide key pathological points. Reader-friendly text clarifies basic and complex information, helping you understand challenging concepts more easily. Wheater's Pathology is an excellent companion resource for users of Wheater's Functional Histology, 6th Edition, offering a comparison of normal histology with the pathological changes in disease.
- Contains a new chapter, Introduction to Pathology and Techniques, that provides more background information on histology techniques, immunohistochemistry, molecular tests and digital pathology.
- Contains new, full-color illustrations that depict additional pathological entities and update classifications.
- Includes access to online-only material such as new questions for each chapter, and numerous macroscopic images.
- Incorporates cutting-edge information on molecular pathology throughout.
- Includes quick-reference features such as keys to the lettering in images at the bottom of each page and fully revised clinical boxes with clinical-pathological correlations that explain the relevance of the pathological processes underlying common diseases and their complications.
- Summarizes key points with chapter reviews at the end of each section.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
| Preface |
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| Preface to the First Edition |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Dedication |
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Basic Pathological Processes |
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1 Introduction to pathology |
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2 | (10) |
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2 Cellular responses to injury |
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12 | (10) |
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3 Acute inflammation, healing and repair |
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22 | (25) |
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5 Infections of histological importance |
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47 | (18) |
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65 | (6) |
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7 Dysplasia and neoplasia |
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71 | (21) |
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92 | (9) |
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9 Thrombosis and embolism |
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101 | (8) |
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109 | (8) |
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117 | (221) |
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118 | (15) |
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133 | (17) |
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13 Gastrointestinal system |
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150 | (41) |
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191 | (24) |
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16 Lymphoid and haematopoietic systems |
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215 | (19) |
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17 Female reproductive system |
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234 | (34) |
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19 Male reproductive system |
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268 | (20) |
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288 | (15) |
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303 | (17) |
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320 | (18) |
| Appendix 1 Notes on commonly used staining methods |
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338 | (7) |
| Appendix 2 Glossary of pathological terms |
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345 | (5) |
| Appendix 3 Bonus E-Book Images |
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350 | (8) |
| Index |
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Geraldine O'Dowd is a Consultant Diagnostic Pathologist for Lanarkshire NHS Board and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. Geraldine lead the author team on the most recent edition of Wheater's Pathology, as well as being both a previous author on the 5th edition of that title and an author on the 6th edition of Wheater's Functional Histology Sarah Bell is a Clinical Pathologist based at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Sarah was also an author on the 6th edition of Wheater's Pathology Sylvia Wright is a Consultant Pathologist, NHS Greater Glasgow &Clyde, Sylvia also worked on the 6th edition of Wheater's Pathology.
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