By

• Pankaja Naik PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, MVPS Dr Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

The book has also been written in a lucid language that enables the students to understand and grasp the fundamentals and its applications. Moreover, in order to enable the reader to understand the topic in its proper perspective, additional information has been provided in the form of diagrams, tables and flow charts. Importantly, in the book, each chapter concludes with a summary of topic, multiple choice questions (MCQs) and clinical cases. The entire text has been rewritten, simplified and conveniently divided into thirty-five chapters. Excessive details, redundancy and verbosity have been minimized as far as possible without compromising the clarity of expression and accuracy of meaning. Additional information has been provided in the form of diagrams, tables and flow charts. The book is well illustrated and each chapter begins with a chapter outline that indicates the topics covered and concludes with a “Summary” of the contents. Multiple choice questions (MCQs) and clinical cases given at the end of the chapters are intended to help the students in self-assessment. This book will useful for medical students and also dental students, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and other life sciences.