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BRS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Edition (Board Review Series) |  | Authors: Todd A Swanson, Sandra I Kim, Marc J Glucksman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Category: Book
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Edition: Fourth Edition
Pages: 496
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 078178624X
Dewey Decimal Number: 572.8076
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BRS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Edition is an updated revision of a bestselling review, with an increased clinical focus, expanded molecular biology material, and several completely new chapters. The book outlines the important facts and concepts tested on the USMLE, within the context of physiologic functioning of the human body. Each chapter begins with a summary and ends with a high-yield summary to consolidate the material, so students can cover topics in a shorter time. Clinical vignette USMLE-style review questions, answers, and explanations appear after each chapter and in a comprehensive end-of-book exam. All the question material is also available online for electronic practice.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 Priceless November 15, 2007
RG (Red Neck Land)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good book regardless of the errors. I used it before each lecture to give me a good QUICK and concise run down on the topic at hand. The clinical correlations in the body of text, next to the relevant topic was more helpful than the previous editions. Many of the clinical correlations I remembered on the NBME test because of this book.
Just remember, this isn't a hardcore peer reviewed textbook. So there are probably some errors. I do remember a few questions that were incorrect, but I did not find it much worse than any other textbook I have used.
Overall, I wish I had this from day 1 of my molecules to cells portion of med school, instead of day 20. I say that because I spent so much time reading a lengthy textbook instead of this. It is worth it's weight in gold if you are NOT a chem/bio major and you need to learn biochem in a hurry.
I would recomend Lippincott's Illustrated review in case you don't like the BRS series. However, it doesn't have as many clinical correlations as the BRS does.
 Good book and questions December 9, 2007
William Mcfadden (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book has excellent text. It really highlights the important concepts without going into too much detail. In medical school you don't want minor details to keep you from getting the main idea. The questions are great; however, I would have to agree that some errors are present. I don't think the errors are as extensive as others have tried to indicated, and they seem to be entirely confined to questions at the end of each chapter. Expect each set of question at the end of each chapter to have 1-2 questions that are not correct. If you know the material from the chapter then the mistakes are obvious. Keep in mind that this book is the new edition to the lengendary BRS biochemistry book (the one with the vinyl red cover), which used to be the best biochem book that you could purchase in reviewing for USMLE step 1. This book represents a fallen legend and I really can't justify giving it anymore than 4 stars because of a foolish editor that left mistakes in this book. Otherwise, its an excellent text and review source that should not be underestimated.
Review of BRS Biochemistry February 20, 2010
Diverse Diva (Canada)
I mainly used this book as a resource to practice questions before my shelf exams. I feel that it is a good review book because it also integrates other topics like pathology, and pharmacology along with the study of biochemistry.
I think that this book is a bit to superficial to use while learning biochemistry (if you do it may haunt you later when you can't remember biochemistry while preparing for STEP 1).
I recommend using a more substantial book along with your Basic Science biochemistry course.
Like other BRS books you will have access to the questions on-line, so that you do not have to carry the book around with you all of the time.
 Questions are full of errors July 27, 2007
S. Stampfer (New York, NY United States)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
The material this goes through is great, concise, displayed well, properly bolded, and with good diagrams. However, the questions and answers/explanations are full of errors. I've done over a third of the questions in the book and I've come across more than two dozen errors. Some of them are huge, to the point where it says stuff in the answer key that completely contradicts a sentence in the lesson part of the chapter (if you have the book, see Ch 9 Question 6 for example). This actually happens about once per chapter. Then, in other cases, the answer key mixes up the letters, so you think you got the question wrong but then read the explanation and it turns out you're correct (and vice versa).
Of course, there might be more errors in the body of the book that I don't pick up on because I read that part first and accept it as fact. However, I think the material covered in the lesson section is solid; it's just the question section that it WORTHLESS. If you already have practice questions for the boards and just need a good review (or want to place out of biochem/mol bio in med school), then this is probably the book for you. If you want a book that gives you a lesson plan with questions to prepare you for the boards, this is NOT that book.
Good review of biochem July 14, 2008
Derek Hayton (Tulsa, OK USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
BRS biochemistry covers all the material that you would expect, and, while there are errors in the review questions, most are simply the answer choice not corresponding to the explanation. I, for one, prefer the BRS format to the rapid review, so I'll put up with the inconvenience.
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