MCQs in Medicine
, MCQs in Medicine
Debra King MB, MRCP (UK),
Senior Registrar in Geriatric Medicine,
Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Susan J. Benbow MB, MRCP (UK),
Clinical Research Fellow,
Department of Medicine,
University of Liverpool.
With a Foreword by
Michael Lye MD, FRCP
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King, Debra.
MCQS in medicine / Debra King, Susan J. Benbow: with a foreword
by Michael Lye. - 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-J3: 978-1-4684-6478-8
I. Internal medicine - Examinations, questions, etc. I. Benbow,
Susan J. II. Title.
[DNLM: I. Medicine - examination questions. W IS K52m 1994]
RC5S.K56 1994
616' .OO76-dc20
DNLM/DLC
for Library of Congress 93-34658
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, Contents
Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
1 Cardiovascular medicine 1
2 Respiratory medicine 25
3 Rheumatology 49
4 Infectious diseases 73
5 lIaematology 97
6 Endocrinology and metabolic diseases 121
7 Renal medicine 145
8 Gastroenterology 169
9 Neurology 193
10 Dermatology 217
