Essentials of human diseases and conditions /

Frazier, Margaret Schell.

Essentials of human diseases and conditions / Margaret Schell Frazier, Jeanette Wist Drzymkowski. - 3rd edition - St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, c2004. - xviii, 823 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Contents

Chapter 1: Mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and treatment --
pathology at first glance
Mechanisms of disease
Patient teaching

Chapter 2: Developmental, congenital, and childhood diseases and disorders --
Developmental and congenital disorders
Developmental characteristic and congenital anomalies
Childhood diseases

Chapter 3: Immunologic diseases and conditions --
Orderly function of the immune system
immunodeficiency diseases
Autoimmune diseases

chapter 4: Diseases and conditions of the endocrine system --
Orderly function of the endocrine system

Chapter 5: Diseases and disorders of the eye and ear --
Disorders of the eye
Disorders of the ear

Chapter 6: Diseases and conditions of the integumentary system --
Orderly functioning of the integumentary system

Chapter 7: Diseases and conditions of the musculoskeletal system --
The musculoskeletal system

Chapter 8: Diseases and conditions of the digestive system --
Orderly function of the digestive system

Chapter 9: Diseases and conditions of the respiratory system --
Orderly function of the respiratory system

Chapter 10: Diseases and conditions of the circulatory system --
Orderly function of the circulatory system

Chapter 11: Diseases and conditions of the urinary system --
Orderly function of the urinary system

Chapter 12: Diseases and conditions of the reproductive system --
The normally functioning reproductive systems

Chapter 13: Neurological diseases and conditions --
Orderly function of the nervous system

Chapter 14: Mental disorders --
Mental wellness and mental illness

Chapter 15: Disorders and conditions resulting from trauma --
Trauma

App. I. Common laboratory and diagnostic tests --
App. II. Pharmacology --
App. III. Resource agencies.

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Diseases.
Internal medicine.
Pathology.

QZ 140 F848e 2004 / F848e 2004