Platelets

ISBN: 9780123693679 出版年：2011 页码：1,386 Michelson, Alan D Academic Press_RM

Platelets, Second Edition 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.First edition won Best Book in Medical Science Award from the Association of American PublishersContains fourteen new chapters on topics such as platelet genomics and proteomics, inhibition of platelet function by the endothelium, clinical tests of platelet function, real time in vivo imaging of platelets, and inherited thrombocytopeniasA comprehensive full color reference comprising over 70 chapters, 1400 pages, and 16,000 references