Williams Manual of Hematology, 10/e

Description

A full-color clinical reference covering both common and uncommon blood disorders—distilled from the world’s leading hematology textWilliams Manual of Hematology, Tenth Edition provides a concise, easy-to-navigate compilation of the pathogenic, diagnostic, and therapeutic essentials of blood cell and coagulation protein disorders. Referenced to the classic Williams Hematology, this portable guide has been carefully edited to deliver only the most clinical point-of-care facts, making differential diagnosis faster, easier, and more efficient. This updated edition reflects the latest research and includes more than 100 full-color clinical photographs.

Concise but comprehensive, this complete guide includes sections on:

Initial Clinical Evaluation

Disorders of Red Cells

Disorders of Granulocytes

Disorders of Monocytes and Macrophages

Principles of Therapy for Neoplastic Hematological Disorders

The Clonal Myeloid Disorders

The Polyclonal Lymphoid Diseases

The Clonal Lymphoid and Plasma Cell Diseases

Disorders of Platelet and Hemostasis

Disorders of Coagulation Proteins

Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Therapy

Transfusion and Hemapheresis

Marshall A. Lichtman, MD, is past president of the American Society of Hematology, and Emeritus Dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY.

Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, is past president of the American Society of Hematology, dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president of Health Sciences at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Josef T. Prchal, MD, is a professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah, and a Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator.

Marcel Levi MD, PhD, is CEO and professor of medicine at University College of London Hospitals, London, UK; and professor of medicine at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Linda J. Burns, MD, is vice president and medical director of Health Services Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match and former President of the American Society of Hematology.

David Linch, MD, is professor of hematology and head of the Department of Hematology at University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.