Pathologica is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 which covers the field of general and human pathology

Pathology

Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....

, including studies of pathological processes using immunocytochemistry

Immunocytochemistry

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 and molecular biology

Molecular biology

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. Founded in 1908, it was published on behalf of the Società Anatomo Patologi Ospedalieri Italiani by Springer-Verlag Milan until 2003, and is now published for the society by Ospedali Galliera di Genova. Pathologica is published bimonthly in Italian

Italian language

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, with some recent content in English, and is indexed by Medline

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