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Doody's Book Review Service, Bruce A. Fenderson, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA --

"This book provides a study guide for students taking cell biology/histology courses and serves as an excellent review for medical licensing examinations. The 21 chapters cover topics ranging from cytoplasm and organelles to urinary system in an abbreviated outline format. Clinical correlations and practice questions with explanations are included in each chapter....The book is written primarily for first and second-year medical students who are learning microscopic anatomy/cell biology and preparing for the USMLE Step 1....

"A comprehensive examination is included at the end of the book. This updated edition offers online access to numerous full-color illustrations and tables, including new online photomicrographs. Bonus questions and color images are also provided online. The authors are outstanding medical educators and researchers.

"This review book provides an excellent study guide for histology and cell biology. The illustrations and tables are helpful and informative. The authors emphasize key words and organize key concepts. The clinical considerations are excellent and help advanced students integrate information learned in pathology....This book will capture the attention of medical students and allied health professionals interested in self-assessment and a formatted approach to board review."—Doody's Book Review Service (Weighted Numerical Score: 90, 4 Stars)

15-OCT-2008

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This Fifth Edition continues the BRS tradition of an outline-format review for USMLE and course exams, with review questions at the end of each chapter and a comprehensive USMLE-format examination at the end of the book. Each chapter also features a high-yield section on clinical correlations. The book is concise and well illustrated, with line drawings and electron micrographs. This edition features updated content, additional electron micrographs, new conceptual line drawings, and review questions in current USMLE format. Additional multiple-choice questions, photomicrographs, and electron micrographs for further review will be available online at thePoint.

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth Edition edition (November 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0781785774
ISBN-13: 978-0781785778
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for class- too long for the Boards, March 31, 2007

By	Alvaro E. Galvis (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are a starting MS1 this is a good book to use for class as it has alot of good detail condensed in an outline format. It comes with a CD that has been quite helpful. However, when it comes to the Boards is just too big of a book for a subject that is not high yield- think about it- this book is just as big as BRS Path. Do you really have that much time to read a low yield subject? No. So instead for Histo- I recommend using a smaller book to review for the boards: I recommed Road Maps: Histo as opposed to High Yield Histo.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good board review book for histo/cell bio, May 20, 2000

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I felt that this was a good book to use for board review purposes. The outline format, like all the BRS books, is easy to follow and makes it easy to look up info. The end of chapter questions are the best part by allowing you to see if you really understood what you just read. It does not have the number and quality of pictures that a good atlas would have but it is a good book to use to supplement a histo atlas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Kaplan's review for Histology., June 28, 2008

By	gooseberry (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

A must have. Really important and understandable facts in the light of USMLE. I'm reading some other books on this subject too, and I have inferred that this one is very good.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good idea to get this book!
First of all, most medical schools require cell biology before marticulation. If you don't have it as an undergraduate, you only get a week or two of it. Read more

Published 11 months ago by William Mcfadden

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good for Histology
This book is broken into systems and has nice board related pathology info at the end of each chapter. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Brian S. Lee

2.0 out of 5 stars First year med student
I have used many of the BRS books for class (the physio one is great!), but this one I found to be confusing and disorganized. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Sarah

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for histology class and USLME
I used this book and the following which is also on Amazon.com:
Histology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers. Read more

Published on June 20, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for USLME
I found the information in this book pretty on target for the topics that are needed for the histology portion USLME 1. Read more

Published on June 12, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference for USLME step 1
This was a good review for the histology portion of the USLME Step 1. It has similar topics that were asked on in the test. ...

Published on June 9, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Super for the boards
I found this book to be really helpful. I know people who used some other books to prepare for histology and regretted it. Read more

Published on October 3, 2001

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