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Ch. 1. Patients' Rights and Informed Consent / Angela R. Holder -- Ch. 2. The Role of Screening: Tests for People Without Symptoms / Ralph I. Horwitz -- Ch. 3. Diagnostic Imaging / Lee D. Katz -- Ch. 4. An Overview of Diagnostic Laboratory Testing / Peter Jatlow and Jose C. Costa -- Ch. 5. The Heart / Barry L. Zaret -- Ch. 6. The Vascular System / Richard J. Gusberg -- Ch. 7. The Respiratory System / Lynn Tanoue and Jack A. Elias -- Ch. 8. The Digestive System / Robert M. Donaldson, Jr. -- Ch. 9. The Endocrine System / Richard J. Robbins -- Ch. 10. The Male Reproductive System / Robert M. Weiss and Kevin R. Anderson -- Ch. 11. The Female Reproductive System / Peter E. Schwartz and David L. Olive -- Ch. 12. The Renal System / Margaret J. Bia -- Ch. 13. Rheumatoid and Musculoskeletal Disorders / Leo M. Cooney, Jr. -- Ch. 14. Allergies / Fred S. Kantor -- Ch. 15. The Immune System / Joseph E. Craft and Fred Kantor -- Ch. 16. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems / Thomas P. Duffy -- Ch. 17. The Skin / Philip E. Shapiro -- Ch. 18. The Sensory Organs / Craig Friedman and Kathleen M. Stoessel -- Ch. 19. Diabetes / Robert S. Sherwin -- Ch. 20. Hypertension / John F. Setaro -- Ch. 21. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) / Michael O. Rigsby and Gerald Friedland -- Ch. 22. Infectious Diseases / Vincent Quagliarello -- Ch. 23. The Nervous System / Lawrence M. Brass -- Ch. 24. Genetic Diseases / Maurice J. Mahoney -- Ch. 25. Pregnancy / Joshua A. Copel -- Ch. 26. Testing in Women / Janet B. Henrich and Florence Comite -- Ch. 27. Testing in Infants and Children / Joseph B. Warshaw -- Ch. 28. Sports Medicine / Peter Jokl -- Ch. 29. Toxicology, Monitoring of Drug Therapy, and Testing for Substance Abuse / Petrie M. Rainey and David J. Schonfeld -- App. A. An Overview of Home Tests.
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