Summary Of The Book Robbins Basic Pathology: Study Smart With Student Consult attempts to provide the fundamentals of pathology to the students of medical sciences. The initial chapters cover topics of general pathology including the latest developments in genomes, the mechanism of diseases and personal medicine. The later chapters are more focused on pathogenesis. The book has also incorporated advanced scientific breakthroughs in the field and provides important summary boxes at the end of each chapter highlighting the important points for takeaway.
This edition has more than a thousand illustrations for better understanding of difficult concepts. There are a total of 23 chapters that cover all the basics of the subject. Several flowcharts, diagrams and four-colour art schematics are present to facilitate the students' understanding further. The book has successfully added the latest advancements in the field and has eliminated outdated information that is no longer useful to the students. The colour palette has been altered to offer clearer images to the students.
Robbins Basic Pathology: Study Smart With Student Consult is a book that helps explain the core concepts of the subject. There are parallels drawn between basic science and clinical medicine, along with clinicopathological correlations throughout the text, offering a practical approach towards studying the subject. This edition of the book comes with the added advantage of online access, making it possible to read it anywhere and at anytime. The learning experience is further enhanced by targeted therapy clinical cases, virtual microscopic slides and self assessments that are all available online.
About The Authors Vinay Kumar is the Alice Hogge & Arthur Baer Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago. He has authored Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Vinay Kumar was born in 1944 in India and completed his MBBS from Punjab University Medical College in Amritsar. He received the Pfizer Award and a gold medal for the best graduate student. He completed his PhD from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in experimental pathology. He was awarded with Khanolkar Prize for his outstanding achievement in research in his field.
Abul K. Abbas is a professor and the Chair at the Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco. Some of his best known books are Cellular And Molecular Immunology and Basic Immunology. Abul K. Abbas completed his MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and his residency training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, MA. Later, he joined the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School as a research fellow. Abul K. Abbas has received several honours and awards including the Irving M. London Award from the Harvard-MIT MD Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Abbas has published more than 190 papers and has also worked at the editorial board of several journals.
Jon C. Aster is a professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and also a pathologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Jon C. Aster did his MD and PhD from the University of Michigan, School of Medicine, and became a resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Table of Contents 1. Cell Injury, Death and Adaptation 2. Inflammation and Repair 3. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock 4. Diseases of the Immune System 5. Neoplasia 6. Genetic and Pediatric Diseases 7. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases 8. General Pathology of Infectious Diseases 9. Blood Vessels 10. Heart 11. Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System 12. Lung 13. Kidney and Its Collecting System 14. Oral Cavity and Gastrointestinal Tract 15. Liver, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tract 16. Pancreas 17. Male Genital System and Lower Urinary Tract 18. Female Genital System and Breast 19. Endocrine System 20. Bones, Joints and Soft Tissue Tumors 21. Peripheral Nerves and Muscle 22. Central Nervous System 23. Skin
