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Preface

Pathophysiology describes the mechanisms newed productive co-operation. Our thanks
which lead from the primary cause via indi- also go to our publishers, in particular Dr. Liane
vidual malfunctions to a clinical picture and Platt-Rohloff, Dr. Clifford Bergman, and Mr.
its possible complications. Knowledge of these Gert Krüger for their friendly guidance, and
mechanisms serves patients when the task is Ms. Marianne Mauch for her exceptional skill
to develop a suitable therapy, alleviate symp- and enthusiasm in editing the German edition
toms, and avert imminent resultant damage of the Atlas. Ms. Annette Ziegler did a wonder-
caused by the disease. ful job with the setting, Ms. Koppenhöfer and
Our aim in writing this Atlas of Pathophys- Ms. Loch sorted and compiled the subject in-
iology was to address students of medicine, dex with great care. Throughout all the years
both prior to and during their clinical training, it took for this book to come into being, Dr.
and also qualified doctors as well as their co- Heidi Silbernagl constantly stood by us and of-
workers in the caring and therapeutic profes- fered us her loyal and critical opinion of our
sions and to provide them with a clear over- pictures and manuscripts.
view in words and pictures of the core knowl- Several colleagues were likewise very help-
edge of modern pathophysiology and aspects ful. First and foremost we would like to thank
of pathobiochemistry. Readers must them- Prof. Niels Birbaumer for his valuable advice
selves be the judge of the extent to which we concerning the chapter ‘Nervous System, Mus-
have achieved this; we would be happy to re- culature’, but we also thank Prof. Michael
ceive any critical comments and ideas. Gekle, Dr. Erich Gulbins, Dr. Albrecht Lepple-
The book begins with the fundamentals of Wienhues, Dr. Carsten Wagner, and Dr. Sieg-
the cell mechanism and abnormalities thereof fried Waldegger. Finally, we are grateful to
as well as cell division, cell death, tumor Prof. Eva-Bettina Bröcker, Prof. Andreas
growth, and aging. It then covers a wide range Warnke, and Prof. Klaus Wilms for being so
of topics, from abnormalities of the heat and kind as to allow us to reproduce their photo-
energy balance, via the pathomechanisms of graphs here.
diseases of the blood, lungs, kidneys, gastroin- We hope that readers will find in this Atlas
testinal tract, heart and circulation, and of the what they are looking for, that what we have
metabolism, including endocrinal abnormal- attempted to say in words and pictures is un-
ities, diseases of the musculature, the senses, derstandable, and that they enjoy using this
and the peripheral and central nervous sys- book throughout their studies and their work-
tem. Following a short review of the funda- ing life.
mentals of physiology, the causes, course,
symptoms, and arising complications of dis-
ease processes are described along with, if Würzburg and Tübingen, Germany
necessary, the possibilities of therapeutic in- January 2000
tervention. The selective further reading list
will assist the interested reader wishing to Stefan Silbernagl and Florian Lang
gain more indepth knowledge, and a detailed
subject index, which is also a list of abbrevia-
tions, aims to assist rapid findings of topics
and terminology.
This Atlas would have been inconceivable
without the great commitment and outstand-
ing expertise and professionalism of the
graphic designers, Ms. Astried Rothenburger
and Mr. Rüdiger Gay. We would like to extend silbernagl@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de V
our warmest gratitude to them for their re- florian.lang@uni-tuebingen.de
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