Platelets, Third Edition

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 PLATELETS 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.

• 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

__Platelets__ * 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 Provides knowledge about platelets and covers the field of platelet biology, pathophysiology, and clinical medicine. This book also features chapters on 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 thrombocytopenias. Offers information on platelets for clinicians, pathologists and scientists. This book includes 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.