Biology of Disease

List of Contributors vii

Contributors to Previous Editions xi

Preface to the Third Edition xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xv

Preface to the First Edition xvii

About the Companion Website xix

Part 1 Basic Principles of Disease and Epidemiology 1

1 The Nature of Disease 3

2 Principles of Epidemiology 11

Part 2 Cell Reproduction, Injury, and Death 29

3 Cell Reproduction, Injury, and Death 31

Part 3 Infectious Diseases 47

4 Infectious Diseases 49

Part 4 Inflammation and Disorders of Immunity 89

5 Inflammation and Repair 91

6 Disorders of the Immune System 109

Part 5 Disorders of Blood and Blood Vessels 155

7 Anaemia 157

8 Disorders of Haemostasis 169

9 Vascular Disorders 181

Part 6 Genetic Disorders 191

10 Genetic Disorders 193

Part 7 Neoplasia 213

11 Neoplasia 215

Part 8 Obesity, Diabetes, and Environmental Diseases 239

12 Nutritional Disorders and Obesity 241

13 Diabetes 257

14 Toxicology and Environmental Diseases 287

Case Studies 301

Answers 537

Appendix 1: Reference Ranges 567

Index 571

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• Patologia e doenças dos animais

cardiovascular disease; metabolic disease; inflammation; immunity; genetic disorders; cancer; infectious diseases; drug resistant pathogens; epidemiology; cell reproduction; cell injury; cell death; blood disorders; causes of obesity