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OverviewThe aim of this book is to introduce the medical student, recent medical graduates involved in postgraduate training and physicians in practice to the role of the platelet in physiology and disease. It is not intended to be an encyclopaedic review of all the literature over the past few decades, but largely represents a personal account, and although resultant prejudices occur, an attempt has been made to emphasize to the reader areas of doubt, and point the way to other sources which may explore these questions more fully in selected references at the end of each chapter. I acknowledge the help of my secretaries, Ms Carolyn Harvey and Mrs Marjorie Brown without whom the book would never have been started, let alone completed. Some illustrations and figures were made by Mr W. Shepherd of Monash University and Ms A. Leaman of the Alfred Hospital. I am indebted to Mrs E. Hagon who read and corrected a number of the chapters, and for the constant help through discussion and debate with my two close collaborators in research, Dr Margaret Howard and Dr Sharron pfueller. Dr Siew Choong, Mrs Maureen Broadway and Ms Ilona Lakatos documented the methods used in our laboratory to study platelets as outlined in the Appendix. Full Product DetailsAuthor: B.G. FirkinPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.415kg ISBN: 9789401181198ISBN 10: 9401181195 Pages: 257 Publication Date: 08 July 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Morphology of the platelet.- 3 Biochemistry and metabolism of the platelet.- 4 Platelet function.- 5 The physiology of haemostasis.- 6 Von Willebrand disease.- 7 Qualitative platelet disorders.- 8 Quantitative platelet disorders.- 9 Involvement of platelets in non-haematological disorders and thrombosis.- 10 A clinician’s approach to the investigation of a patient with a bleeding diathesis.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |