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BRS Cell Biology and Histology (Board Review Series)
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Rating:  - Not a good idea to get this book!
First of all, most medical schools require cell biology before marticulation. If you don't have it as an undergraduate, you only get a week or two of it. For a class that is so short, this book is way over the top. It is long and detailed. It really is a cell bio text in bullet points more than anything, and I am even more critical of the histology portion. It lacks in pitures, which is an absolute must for histology! In the long run, this book is going to become more of a burden than anything. Save yourself the trouble and use another source. For Histology, I recommend Wheaters functional atlas. It is light on text, heavy on pictures, and gets the job done better than this book. For cell biology, I still have not found a great source, but I would recommend checking out at another source before chaining yourself to this one.
Rating:  - Better than Kaplan's review for Histology.
A must have. Really important and understandable facts in the light of USMLE. I'm reading some other books on this subject too, and I have inferred that this one is very good.
Rating: - Very good for Histology
This book is broken into systems and has nice board related pathology info at the end of each chapter. Exp: The Chapter on Neuro Histology will give you a clear understanding of the histo, physio, and then give pathology examples such as what happens when there is demyelination->MS.
I was never taught histology, but this book is so well laid out, I could make the correlation between histo, phys, and path. Excellent resource if you want to understand histo in a short period of time. I see where other people say it's not high-yield enough. That may be true. But what's the point of memorizing specific details if you don't understand the big concepts they pertain to. If you have a strong background in histo then I would recommend something else.
I just feel this book has made me understand phyio and path so much better. It's like biochem. Gives you better insight on the mechanisms of pathophys. I was very disappointed with BRS Phys, but BRS Cell Bio and Histo is the real deal. I would scrap BRS Phys and just buy the Histo one.
Rating: - First year med student
I have used many of the BRS books for class (the physio one is great!), but this one I found to be confusing and disorganized. It was not pertinent to the material covered on the USMLE or in microbio. I would probably recommend finding another book to study with (in our school we studied more hitsology than cell bio, so it depends on your curriculum).
Rating:  - Good for class- too long for the Boards
If you are a starting MS1 this is a good book to use for class as it has alot of good detail condensed in an outline format. It comes with a CD that has been quite helpful. However, when it comes to the Boards is just too big of a book for a subject that is not high yield- think about it- this book is just as big as BRS Path. Do you really have that much time to read a low yield subject? No. So instead for Histo- I recommend using a smaller book to review for the boards: I recommed Road Maps: Histo as opposed to High Yield Histo.
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