Platelets, 4th Edition

By Alan D. Michelson, Marco Cattaneo, Andrew Frelinger, Peter Newman 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. Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press; 4th edition (April 11, 2019) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1268 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0128134569 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0128134566 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780128134566 eText ISBN: 9780128134696