PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
made
ridiculously
simple™
WITH INTERACTIVE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CD
Aaron Berkowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
, Clinical Pathophysiology
Made Ridiculously Simple
Aaron Berkowitz
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Miami, Florida
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ISBN1 0# 0-940780-80-1
ISBN13# 978-0-940780-80-4
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Cover by Richard March
, Contents
Chapter Outlines .......................................... . v
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI
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Acknowledgments ......................................... . XII
Chapter 1. The Cardiovascular System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. The Pulmonary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 3. The Renal System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 4. The Gastrointestinal System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 5. The Endocrine System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 6. The Hematologic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 7. The Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 8. Rheumatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 9. Male and Female Reproductive Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 1 0. Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189