Product Description

This brand new textbook presents human biochemistry in a physiological, rather than a chemical perspective, so it provides medical students with a clinically relevant text of biochemistry. The essential basic science is presented emphasising organ biochemistry covering metabolic integration, specialised functions of tissues and communications among organ systems. In addition, attention is paid to clinical relevance - boxed clinical examples throughout the text take the science into a practical contest. Techniques from clinical chemistry used for the assessment of metabolic and genetic disorders are covered. This approach is one valuable to students beyond their preclinical years, unlike traditional texts, which are rarely referred to when students reach the medical wards. Features: * Specifically for medical students Medical Biochemistry develops the foundation skills necessary to apply knowledge efficiently and analytically in a clinical setting in later years * Unique self-assessment tools ensure students learn and retain what's important - including multiple choice questions, patient oriented problems and short answer questions * Attractive layout in 4 colour with clinically relevant structure helps students remember key information * Irrelevant details have been minimised, such as the molecular weight of enzymes, the thermodynamics parameters of a reaction and the numerous intermediates in some metabolic pathways * Advanced Concepts boxes elaborate on new developments or illustrate practical applications of the core material * Real life clinical examples and case studies frequently illustrate essential concepts separate from the text so they are easy to locate and refer to * Differentiation between clinical descriptions that illustrate important concepts in metabolism, but with a rare disorder and those that illustrate clinical situation physicians deal with everyday * Consistent icons and colour-coded molecules explained at the onset and used consistently throughout * Provides normal biochemical processes but also shows what happens in a disease state in different areas of the body, for example diabetes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #371763 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 566 pages

Customer Reviews

Includes all the essentials of biochemistry
This text is perfect for the undergraduate medical course. It includes all the essential biochemistry needed and indicates further reading at the end of each chapter. Importantly, it frequently uses clinical examples and there is an excellent use of clear and colourful diagrams (although in places some diagrams/text were perhaps a little too compact for complete ease of reading). There are also a variety of revision questions at the back which are useful for exam practice. Also good is that this book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which gives the reader a link to the "fleshandbones" website offering a free additional resource to students in the form of revision tests, quizzes and images to download.

A good biochem book
this book is excellent for any medical students, and i would definatly recommend it is worth buying as a reference text.

A clearly written and well illustrated undergraduate text
This textbook combines clearly written descriptions of all aspects of clinical biochemistry combined with excellent artwork. The inclusion of clinical examples to illustrate important points is especially useful