Platelets

This book was awarded the 2002 Best New Book in Medical Science - Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American. Publishers Platelets is a comprehensive new textbook of 61 chapters and 1,100 pages (approx.) written by over 100 world leaders in the field. Platelets is a single definitive source of state-of-the-art knowledge about platelets. There has been no textbook that specifically and fully covers the entire field of platelet biology and clinical medicine. Platelets now fills this need. Platelets encompasses: platelet biology; platelet function testing; the role of platelets in disease; inherited and acquired disorders of platelet number and function; pharmacology of antiplatelet agents; pharmacology of agents to increase platelet numbers and/or function; platelet transfusion medicine; and gene therapy. The intended audience for Platelets includes haematologists, cardiologists, stroke physicians, blood bankers, pathologists, and researchers in thrombosis and haemostasis as well as students and fellows in these fields. This is a single comprehensive source of state-of-the-art knowledge about platelets with over 100 contributing authors from 13 countries. The authors of each chapter are world leaders in their fields. It is the definitive resource with 61 chapters, 1,100 pages (approx.), 12,000 references (approx.), 70 full color figures, 140 black and white figures, and 95 tables.