Larsen’s Human Embryology :: The Naked Truth

Larsen’s Human Embryology, 4e

With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

Gary C. Schoenwolf, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Director, Children's Health Research Center, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Steven B. Bleyl, MD, PhD
Philip R. Brauer, BS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
and Philippa H. Francis-West, PhD

ISBN: 9780443068119
Published April 2008
Paperback
712 pages /700 ills Churchill Livingstone

Reviews

Aniek de Coninck, Maastricht University

This seems to be the definitive embryology book for medical students, due to the high quality diagrams and explanatory text. As a revision guide, there are excellent summaries at the beginning of each chapter, accompanied by the development in pictorial form. The clinical relevance is graphically demonstrated through photographs of developmental abnormalities which add interest to an otherwise dry and conceptually hard subject. The development is split into early weeks and systems, all with experimental principles and clinical applications, which give this book excellent structure. Although the reading can at times be hard-going, overall, a must buy.

Posted 30th Apr 2009

Content:: 5/5
Readability:: 5/5
Suitable for PBL:: 5/5
Use for Revision:: 5/5
Recommend to a friend:: 5/5

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Allan Smith, St George's, University of London

This review refers to a previous edition of this book

This seems to be the definitive embryology book for medical students, due to the high quality diagrams and explanatory text. As a revision guide there are excellent summaries at the beginning of each chapter, accompanied by the development in pictorial form. The clinical relevance is graphically demonstrated through photographs of developmental abnormalities which add interest to an otherwise dry subject. The development is split into early weeks and systems, all with experimental principles and clinical applications, which give this book excellent structure. Although the reading can at times be hard-going, overall, a must buy.