pathogenesis
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Introduction
Pathogenesis is the sequence of events that occurs in the response of tissues & cells to the etiologic agent of a disease or complex of symptoms, from the initial stimulus to the expression of various phases of the disease process.
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References
- ↑ Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 2