Cells, tissues, and disease : principles of general pathology / Guido Majno, Isabelle Joris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The long road to the elementary patient -- Cellular adaptations -- Symptoms of cellular disease: intracellular accumulations -- Pathology of the organelles -- Cell injury and cell death -- Pathologic calcification -- Extracellular pathology -- Introduction to inflammation -- Inflammation: the actors and their language -- Four cardinal signs of inflammation -- Leukocytes called to action: steps to phagocytosis -- Inflammatory exudate -- Chronic inflammation -- Wound healing -- General effects of local injury and inflammation -- Variations and aberrations of the inflammatory response -- Hypersensitivity reactions -- Pathology of transplantation -- Autoimmune disease -- Immunosuppression -- Disturbances of fluid exchange -- Hemostasis and thrombosis -- Obstacles to blood flow -- Ischemia and shock -- Tumors: names and personalities -- Anatomy and biology of tumors -- Tumor aggression -- Causes of tumors -- Genes and tumors -- Antitumor defenses -- Reversibility of tumors -- Epidemiology of human cancer -- What is a tumor? -- Tumors as a clinical problem.

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