Contents:

SECTION 1: BASICS OF PATHOLOGY

1. Cell as a Structural Unit

2. Cellular Activation

3. Maintaining Cell Populations

4. Extracellular Matrix

5. Basics of Genetics

SECTION 2: GENERAL PATHOLOGY

6. Introduction to Pathology

7. Cell Injury, Cell Death, Adaptation and Intracellular Accumulations

8. Inflammation and Healing

9. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock

10. Neoplasia

11. Infections and Infestations

11.1 General Features of Microbial Pathogenesis

11.2 Viral Infections

11.3 Bacterial Diseases

11.4 Rickettsial Infections

11.5 Fungal Infections and Opportunistic Infections

11.6 Parasitic Diseases

11.7 Miscellaneous

12. Genetic Disorders and Molecular Diagnosis

12.1 Genetic Disorders

12.2 Molecular Diagnosis

13. Diseases of Infancy and Childhood

14. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases

SECTION 3: IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

15. Normal Immune Response and Hypersensitivity

16. Autoimmune Diseases and Rejection of Tissue Transplants

17. Immunodeficiency Diseases and Amyloidosis

Index