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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 15/e PLUS A 1-year subscription to Online. Covers diagnosis and expanded treatment for thousands of diseases. Cardinal manifestations of disease and pathophysiology are included throughout. Includes 90 new chapters, expanded treatment, genetic considerations, and much more. The complete text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine on the internet. Users get DAILY UPDATES, Free Bi-weekly newsletter, quick links to online resources, and self-assessment questions. Harrison defines the practice and science of internal medicine. Beginning with a section on current topics (e.g. ethics, cost awareness, disease prevention), the book proceeds to cardinal manifestations of disease (e.g. pain, fever, headache), which remains one the most popular parts especially among medical students. The core is a comprehensive presentation of all major diseases in the major specialties of internal medicine. (Oncology and hematology; infectious diseases; cardiology; respiratory; kidney and urinary tract; gastrointestinal system; immune system, connective tissue and joints; endocrinology and metabolism; and neurology. Thirteen brand new chapters have been added to this edition: alternative medicine; approach to the acutely ill, febrile patient; fertility and infertility; diseases caused by genetic defects in mitochondrial function; gene therapy; late complications of cancer; HACEK and other Gram Negative bacteria; echocardiography; prevention of atherosclerosis; autoimmunity; allergies and anaphylaxis; articular and periarticular disorders of the upper extremities; and neurobiology of disease.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #3807003 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2629 pages

About the Author
Eugene Brauwald, AB, MD, MA (Hon), MD (Hon), ScD (Hon) Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Faculty Dean for Academic Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Vice-President for Academic Programs, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA Anthony S. Fauci, MD Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon), William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Channing Laboratory, Co-Director, Division of Infectious Diseases Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Stephen L. Hauser, MD Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA Dan L. Longo, MD Scientific Director, National Institute of on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL