High-Yield Biochemistry (Paperback)

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Product Description

Provides a succinct review of biochemistry for those preparing for USMLE Step 1. Outline format. Halftone illustrations. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683304593
• ISBN-13: 978-0683304596
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #913,971 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good choice for USMLE, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

High Yield Biochemistry is the perfect book for a one or two day board review. It is easy reading without the complex charts and detail needed in the first year of medical school. The book does miss some major points. Vitamin overdoses are weak, as are some major disorders/deficiencies like Diabetes, G6pdh, Hbs/Hbc, and purine salvage.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good if you need quick quick coverage., June 7, 2003

By	medstudent25 "medstudent25" (the South) - See all my reviews

Nicely summed up by the reviewer below. If you need a very quick-and-dirty review, this is good. I take points off due to the lack of index and some weak sections. At this point, QBank leads me to believe that this book may not cover everything I needed to know.. but good for last minute stuff, especially if you hate Biochem like myself.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not A Standalone, August 22, 2005

By	Michael Barnidge Jr. "Radiology Resident" (Temple, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My experience with this book was a positive one. Well as positive as studying for the boards can get anyway. This text is good for one thing, the overall picture and how the biochem of lipid, carb, and AA metabolism all fits together. This book IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT! a standalone. However, combine this book with Qbank and First Aide and you will be reasonably prepared for the biochem questions. PROS - fast read, good overall picture of biochemical metabolism CONS - expensive, weak on some subjects ie, heme synthesis and porphyrias. Overall this is a good study aide for Step 1.