Platelets
eBook - ePub

Platelets

  1. 1,398 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Platelets - winner of a 2013 Highly Commended BMA Medical Book Award for Internal Medicine - is the definitive current source of state-of-the-art knowledge about platelets and covers the entire field of platelet biology, pathophysiology, and clinical medicine. Recently there has been a rapid expansion of knowledge in both basic biology and the clinical approach to platelet-related diseases including thrombosis and hemorrhage. Novel platelet function tests, drugs, blood bank storage methods, and gene therapies have been incorporated into patient care or are in development. This book draws all this information into a single, comprehensive and authoritative resource.- Highly Commended BMA Medical Book Award 2013: Internal Medicine- Comprehensive and definitive source of knowledge about platelets for clinicians, pathologists and scientists- Integrates the entire field of platelet biology, pathophysiology, and clinical medicine- Full color reference comprising 64 chapters, 1400 pages, and 16, 000 references- Contributions from 126 world leaders in their fields- New chapters on topics such as the regulation of platelet life span, platelet microRNAs, GPVI and CLEC-2, monitoring of antiplatelet therapy, novel antiplatelet therapy, and making platelets ex vivo

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Foreword: A Brief History of Ideas About Platelets in Health and Disease
  9. Part I: Platelet Biology
  10. Part II: Tests of Platelet Function
  11. Part III: The Role of Platelets in Disease
  12. Part IV: Disorders of Platelet Number and Function
  13. Part V: Antiplatelet Therapy
  14. Part VI: Therapy to Increase Platelet Numbers and/or Function
  15. Index