Amyloid and Related Disorders
Amyloid and Related Disorders: Surgical Pathology and Clinical Correlations
Humana Press| Medicine | September 18, 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319192930 | 542 pages | pdf | 37.6 mb
Humana Press| Medicine | September 18, 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319192930 | 542 pages | pdf | 37.6 mb
Editors: Picken, Maria M., Herrera, Guillermo A., Dogan, Ahmet (Eds.)
Thoroughly updated and expanded second edition
Written by experts in this field
Provides updated terminology, including recently-identified entities
From the Back Cover
The second edition of this text presents an overview of the most recent developments in this area including clinical presentation, etiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis. The rationale for various therapies, including transplantation, is discussed and tissue diagnosis (its pitfalls and strategies for avoiding them) and laboratory support are included. The involvement of all major organ systems including renal/genitourinary, cardiac, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, peripheral nerve/central nervous system, soft tissue, skin, lymph node/spleen and bone marrow pathology is also covered.
Amyloid and Related Disorders, Second Edition will be invaluable to specialized and general pathologists as well as cytopathologists. Other medical professionals may also benefit from this concise update on the systemic amyloidoses.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
46 illus., 345 in colour
Topics
Pathology
Nephrology
Oncology