Haematology Books

The most current and comprehensive reference available, Gaucher Disease provides valuable information for academic and industry scientists, and clinicians. Outlining current research on the biochemistry and pathology of lysosomal storage disorders, this...

First published in 1988: This comprehensive set is crucial to the basic understanding of the immune system and is an essential component of the design and implementation of improved immunization strategies.

Research on abnormal human hemoglobins (protein in blood that carries oxygen), has taught us about the inheritance, biochemistry, and distribution of these traits. This knowledge, coupled with mathematical research using computer models of population...

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), is the most common form of leukemia in adults. AML is a deadly form of malignancy, the prognosis for which has not improved in the last two decades. More importantly, it is a malignancy that is...

This stimulating book bridges the gap between molecular biology and human genetics. Specifically written for medical students and human geneticists, it is a valuable guide to a rapidly moving field.

As an essential guide to paediatric haematology, this concise text offers a quick and reliable source of practical information for clinicians. Covering all blood disorders in children, the contents are structured to include all the major disease groups...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Abraham Lincoln, 1862...

The first book to cover both basic science and clinical research, providing a comprehensive review of the current knowledge on cytokines and cancer. Written by leading figures in the field of cytokine biology and cytokine...

Heme oxygenase is rapidly taking its place as the centerpiece of multiple inter­ acting metabolic systems. Only 25 years ago heme oxygenase and its metabolic prod­ ucts appeared to be merely a simple metabolic system-one...

Cellular drug resistance is a major limitation to the success of chemotherapy of leu­ kemia and lymphoma. The importance of this has now been recognized by both clinicians and scientists. It is of utmost importance to bridge...

This volume focuses on molecular genetic/drug manipulation affecting the biology of hematopoiesis, leukemia, and other related cancers as well as on hemoglobinopathy, aplastic anemia, pediatric oncology, growth factors in...

Advances in Blood Cell Labeling; D.A. Goodwin, et al. A New Direct Method of Cell Labeling in Whole Blood by Administration of 111-In Labeled Antisense Oligonucleotide Probe; M.K. Dewanjee, et al. Transchelation of 114mIn from Iga-DTPA to...

I. Prostatic Cancer Bone Metastasis: An International Perspective.- Clinical Dilemmas and Problems in Assessing Prostatic Metastasis to Bone: The Scientific Challenge.- Comparative Study of Prostatic Carcinoma Bone Metastasis among Japanese in Japan and...

Native Fibrin Gel Networks and Factors Influencing their Formation in Health and Disease.- The Structure and Evolution of Vertebrate Fibrinogen: A Comparison of the Lamprey and Mammalian Proteins.- Nucleotide Sequences of the Three Genes Coding for Human...

1 Biochemical, Immunological, and Molecular Markers of Hemopoietic Precursor Cells.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Biochemical Markers.- 2.1. Terminal Deoxynucleotide Transferase.- 2.2. Enzymes in Nucleotide Metabolism.- 3. Immunological Markers.- 4. Molecular...

Characterization of Gene and Protein Structure.- Biosynthesis and Assembly of the Factor VIII-von Willebrand Factor Complex.- Factor IX: Gene Structure and Protein Synthesis.- Antithrombin III Genetics, Structure and Function.- Interactions Between the...

This hugely practical work will be a bible in the pocket of hematologists and other practitioners everywhere, covering as it does malignant hematologic diseases that physicians will only occasionally see. It provides accurate,...

The author examines hemostasis in animals from all seven major vertebrate classes. Her research provides unique insights into the phylogenetic development of the various phases and components of hemostasis. This monograph...

We are pleased to present our readers the proceedings of the International symposium on "New Aspects of Human Polymorpho­ nuclear Leukocytes" which was held in Freiburg im Breisgau, FRG, from October 26-28th, 1989. The meeting...

Oncology has developed as a subspecialty of medicine with unique and often complex clinical problems. This handbook ofhematologic and oncologic emer­ gencies provides a compact, concise, yet comprehensive guide to the manage­...

Interest in angiogenesis research remains strong in recent years and exciting new discoveries, about modulators of angiogenesis, their receptors, the transduction mechanisms and the angiogenic genes involved, have contributed...

The sixth meeting on the use of resealed annealed red blood cells was held in Irsee, Germany by the International Society for the Use of Resealed Erythrocytes (ISURE) on July 25-28, 1996. Although earlier meetings focused on...

WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS & ANCA-ASSOCIATED DISEASES: THE STORY CONTINUES The disease now designated as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) was first described in 1931 by Heinz Klinger, who considered it to be a special form of...