Pathophysiology（病理生理学）

In recent years many foreign students from various countries have come to Chinafor higher medical education or advanced studies. To adapt to ever-increasinginternational communication, bilingual education is inevitable for universities.It is necessary to teach pathophysiology in English for foreign students whohave difficulty communicating in Chinese. We have designed this textbook toaid these students with their studies and to help them master necessary Chinesepathophysiological terminology. This textbook is designed to provide a concise summary of pathophysiology. It contains a learning guide，case files，main teaching content， exerases，and also provides some professional terminology in Chinese. We hope these students will find that this book provides useful reading material to assist them in understanding pathophysiology and enhanang their Chinese proficiency. This book is also suitable for Chinese students to improve their English level for academic purposes. This work is supported by the Capital Medical University of China. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to Professor Xinliang Ma，at thomas Jefferson University USA，and Professor Like Zhang，at Capital Medical University of China，for their valuable review. We are especially grateful to Yunhui Du，PhD，for her assistance of proofing the whole book. We are also heartily thankful to co-editors that contributed their time and effort to this book and all the other contributors of this book for their excellent work to make this book available.