Biochemistry for the medical sciences : an integrated case approach
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Biochemistry for the medical sciences : an integrated case approach
Longman Scientific & Technical , J. Wiley, 1994
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Description
Takes an integrated 'problem-solving' approach, encouraging students to learn essential biochemistry by showing how biochemical 'clues' lead to diagnosis and treatment of medical problems.
Table of Contents
Teenage weakling
Famine in Africa
Chest pains
Death on the farm
Failure to thrive
Thin blood
Boy or girl?
Brittle bones or battered baby?
Incorrectly addressed
Acid excretors
Failure to stop
Getting the measure of hormones
Now wash your hands
Bladder cancer
Signal failure
Venomous viper
Hitting the bottle
Lack of cleavage
Amino acid overload
Designer drug
When the man fails, the woman takes over
Appendices:
1. Genetic concentrations
2. Amino acid designations
3. Blood hormone concentrations
4. Incidence of genetic disorders
5. Metabolite levels in blood and urine
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