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Concise Clinical Embryology,

Edition 1 An Integrated, Case-Based Approach

Editors: By Mark G. Torchia, MSc, PhD and T. V. N. Persaud, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath (Lond.), FAAA

Publication Date: 04 Mar 2021

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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.

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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

About the author

By Mark G. Torchia, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery; Associate Professor, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences; Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; T. V. N. Persaud, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath (Lond.), FAAA, Professor Emeritus and Former Head, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science; Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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"This is a comprehensive yet concise text for learning human embryology in a case-based fashion." -© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Brian R. MacPherson, PhD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) Score: 92-4 Stars!

Concise Clinical Embryology,

Editors: By Mark G. Torchia, MSc, PhD and T. V. N. Persaud, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath (Lond.), FAAA

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