Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 11th Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Aug 12, 2009 - Medical - 1232 pages

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Organized to reflect the syllabi in Pharmacology courses, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology covers all the important concepts students need to know about the science of pharmacology and its application to clinical practice. It is acknowledged worldwide as the field’s most current, authoritative, and comprehensive textbook. To be as clinically relevant as possible, the book features a strong focus on the choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects.

Coverage that spans every important aspect of medical pharmacology:

  • Basic Principles
  • Autonomic Drugs
  • Cardiovascular-Renal Drugs
  • Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle
  • Drugs that Act in the Central Nervous System
  • Drugs Used to Treat Diseases of the Blood, Inflammation, and Gout
  • Endocrine Drugs
  • Chemotherapeutic Drugs
  • Toxicology

NEW to this edition:

  • Full-color presentation, including 300+ illustrations
  • Case studies introduce clinical problems in many chapters
  • Drug summary tables for key information in comparative context
  • Descriptions of important newly released drugs, including new immunopharmacologic agents
  • Expanded coverage of general concepts relating to newly discovered receptors, receptor mechanisms, and drug transporters

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Contents

Basic Principles
1
Autonomic Drugs
77
CardiovascularRenal Drugs
167
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Bertram Katzung,Susan Masters,Anthony Trevor
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About the author (2009)

Editor:

Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco.

Associate Editors:

Susan Masters, PhD, is Professor of Pharmacology & Academy Chair of Phramacology Education, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco.

Anthony J. Trevor, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco.

Bibliographic information

TitleBasic and Clinical Pharmacology, 11th Edition
Lange medical book
AuthorsBertram G. Katzung, Susan B. Masters, Anthony J. Trevor
Edition11
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2009
ISBN0071604065, 9780071604062
Length1232 pages
Subjects › 

Medical / Pharmacology
  
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