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[[Pathophysiology]] is the study of the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that a [[disease]] causes, or that which causes the disease. An example, from the field of [[infectious disease]], would be the study of a [[toxin]] released by a bacterium, and what that toxin does to the body to cause harm, in cases of [[sepsis]]. Another example is the study of the chemical changes that take place in body tissue that is undergoing [[inflammation]]. |
[[Pathophysiology]] is the study of the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that a [[disease]] causes, or that which causes the disease. An example, from the field of [[infectious disease]], would be the study of a [[toxin]] released by a bacterium, and what that toxin does to the body to cause harm, in cases of [[sepsis]]. Another example is the study of the chemical changes that take place in body tissue that is undergoing [[inflammation]]. |
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Revision as of 23:38, 30 July 2005
Pathophysiology is the study of the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that a disease causes, or that which causes the disease. An example, from the field of infectious disease, would be the study of a toxin released by a bacterium, and what that toxin does to the body to cause harm, in cases of sepsis. Another example is the study of the chemical changes that take place in body tissue that is undergoing inflammation.
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Reference
- Kumar, V., Abbas, A. and N. Fausto. 2004. Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company
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