Platelets

By Alan D. Michelson

Platelets , Fourth Edition, integrates the entire field of platelet biology, pathophysiology, and clinical medicine with contributions from 142 world experts from 18 countries. This award-winning reference provides clear presentations by basic scientists on the cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms of platelets and the role of platelets in thrombosis, hemorrhage, inflammation, antimicrobial host defense, wound healing, angiogenesis and cancer. It also provides start-of-the-art presentations by hematologists, cardiologists, stroke physicians, blood bankers, pathologists and other clinicians on platelet function testing, disorders of platelet numbers and function, antiplatelet therapy and therapy to increase platelet numbers and/or function. Since the publication of the Third Edition of Platelets , there has been a rapid expansion of knowledge in both basic biology of platelets and the clinical approach to platelet-related diseases. This Fourth Edition of Platelets draws all this information into a single, comprehensive and authoritative resource.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128134569
• ISBN13: 9780128134566
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 1268 Pages
• Weight: 5.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 8.9" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Best Book in Medical Science 2002

This publication won, not just the best publication in hemostasis, not just the best publication in hematology, but in all of medical science (Assoc American Publishers, 2002). A well deserved award.The book contains contributions from nearly all the very best and respected researchers in platelet pathophysiology. It broadly covers every aspect of platelets: from the biology, ultrastructure, biochemistry and physiology of function through to the clinical role of new platelet function analyzers in the diagnosis and management of coronary syndromes. New and emerging antiplatelet agents and clinical trials are discussed in detail.This book will be of great benefit to both the clinician and the researcher. A landmark publication in the field.