Written by the authors of the renowned embryology textbooks The
Developing Human and Before We Are Born, Concise Clinical Embryology: An
Integrated, Case-Based Approach offers essential, high-yield information
and high-quality clinical cases to illustrate key principles of
embryology and their relevance to everyday practice. Ideally tailored to
the needs of today's medical students and medical courses, this concise
text clearly explains how embryology relates to other medical
disciplines and its importance in safe, effective clinical practice.
Abundant illustrations throughout help you grasp highly visual concepts
quickly and easily.
- Provides easily digestible, clinically oriented coverage of human
development, establishing key principles in a week-by-week,
stage-by-stage approach, before moving on to fetal organ development
by body system.
- Includes clinical cases and follow-up questions in each chapter that
help relate key principles to everyday practice, aid in problem-based
learning, and offer review for exam preparation.
- Covers the latest advances in embryology, including normal and
abnormal embryogenesis, causes of birth defects, and the role of genes
in human development.
- Contains superb illustrations from cover to cover, including
diagnostic images, full color figures, histology, and more.
- Summarizes molecular biology highlights throughout the text.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook
allows you to access 18 3D animations with expert commentary, plus all
of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of
devices.