by Ronald W Dudek
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High-Yield Embryology, Fourth Edition provides a concise, focused review of the most important embryology information needed for the USMLE Step 1. Chapters cover prefertilization events and the embryonic period, embryologic development of each organ system, chromosomal abnormalities, inherited diseases, teratology and more. To prepare students for the clinical vignettes on the USMLE, the book includes numerous clinical cases with words and phrases that patients use. This edition also features new placement of clinical images within the chapter for clearer understanding.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 This book disputes HIV as the cause of AIDS, 2010-06-20
I contacted the author to clarify this after reading (paraphrasing from page 215): "...some believe HIV is not the cause of AIDS and that other things such as the use of amyl and butyl nitrite destroy CD4+ T cells and lead to AIDS."
I'm a skeptic and try not to believe (or disbelieve) anything too quickly, but it seems as though HIV is now well established as the main causative agent that eventually causes AIDS (CD4 T cell count less than 200). So, I contacted the author to try and clarify where this information was coming from. He referred me to a video "Deconstructing the Myth of AIDS", which appears to be 15-20 years old. I'll admit I only watched the first 10 minutes, because in that amount of time I was convinced (as a 3rd year medical student), that most of these people in the video were a few cards short of a full deck. For example, they kept hammering that no one has actually seen the HIV virus. This is incorrect - there are electron scanning microscope pictures available of the virus. Another example - they emphasize that there is no viremia during AIDS. During a fulminant rabies infection, you don't have viremia in the blood either, the rabies virus is very specific for targeting neurons in the brain. In the same way, HIV virus is very specific for targeting CD4+ T cells.
So, while I encourage skepticism and alternative hypothesis's, I think disputing HIV as the cause of AIDS is much to far away from accepted medical and scientific practices to be included in any textbook, especially a condensed review book intended for USMLE board preparation. There is no way that any Step 1 board question will ask you about alternative theories for the AIDS virus.
In general (having just taken the Step 1), I don't think that a separate embryology review book is necessary - just know the embryo section in First Aid cold, and you'll be fine.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Not the best book, 2010-03-26
This book is ok to study for USMLE step 1, but not fantastic. There is not much background information or explanation, and the images are ok but not very good. I would have liked it to give a bit more information on some processes, a little more background and a bit more help to understand and memorize important subjects. It does give a lot of clinical information, but not in a way that makes it very easy to memorize.
So if I could choose again, I would go with another book. This is not a bad book, but not very good either.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Well...., 2010-03-23
I was a little dissapointed when going through this book for USMLE step 1 review. Don't get me wrong, it is a really good review of embrology. It's concise, well written, and digestable, but thats just it. There are numerous details in this book that really just aren't important for step 1. With the exception of fertilization, cleavage and early stuff in development, the majority of this book is just icing on the cake. The explanations of clinically relevant material are very high yield and excellent, but I found that I already covered all the material while studying for pathology. Plus there aren't any questions at the end of the chapter to help you review. I found that First Aid was more than adequate for studying embrology and this book just really wasn't needed. I would only recommend using it if you are taking embrology in med school and need some answers. This book can be a great source to help you make an "A" in class, and it is much lighter than the parent BRS embrology, which can seem a little overwhelming. Just as a side note, the Board Review Series Embrology has the exact same material as this book. If you have one, don't get the other!
1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
 High-Yield Embryology, 2008-06-25
The book arrived quickly and in excellent condition. I am very pleased with this seller.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Great for Board Review, 2008-02-08
If your medical school curriculum is weak on embryology (like mine), this is a great book to put all the pieces together. The chapters are short and easy to read, with lots of diagrams and pictures to help explain.
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