Hematology category: 512 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
In this book, experts in the field express their well-reasoned opinions on a spectrum of important and complex issues in the area of cord blood transplantation. The aim is to provide practicing hematologists, including hematopoietic transplant physicians, with clinically relevant and immediately applicable...
by Andrew J. Wagner, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This issue focuses on Sarcoma in areas such as: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Risk assessment and adjuvant therapy, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Management of metastatic disease and emerging therapies, Liposarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Update in treatment and targets in cartilage and bone tumors,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
A clinically oriented handbook providing up-to-date recommendations for mastering the practical aspects of patient management for venous thromboembolism
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality both in and out of the hospital setting, and is one of the commonest...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Pulmonary embolism is a common but vexing illness. This book provides a contemporary overview of the most important issues from a Western and a Japanese perspective, providing the reader with state-of-the-art knowledge of the epidemiology and molecular biology of the disease. In the Diagnosis section,...
Acute Leukemia
An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Acute Leukemia: An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment provides a comprehensive and concise visual reference on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) seen in children and adults.
This book addresses all aspects of AML and ALL including their risk factors,...
by Jeffrey McCullough
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Revised and updated throughout, the 2nd Edition offers a concise, clinically focused, and practical approach to the diagnosis and management of the full range of issues in transfusion and blood banking. Jeffrey McCullough, MD, a national leader in the field, reviews the most common disorders involving...
Turning Blood Red
The Fight for Life in Cooley's Anemia
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2008
This book is the story of an inherited blood disease — Cooley's anemia or beta thalassemia. Cooley's anemia is a severe and potentially fatal anemia that affects millions of people worldwide. Written by a world-recognized expert on the disease who has contributed greatly to the scientific understanding...
Pediatric Cancer in Africa
A Case-Based Guide to Diagnosis and Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This text is the only book of its kind to provide specific guidance applicable to limited resource settings and builds up from the foundation of general practitioner or general pediatrician competence. Written and edited by leaders in the field, this manual educates physicians on the essential components...
Hemopoietic Colonies
In Vitro Cloning of Normal and Leukemic Cells
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The cloning of hemopoietic cells in semisolid medium began some 12 years ago, and when colonies of T = and B = lymphocytes were grown by several groups last year, the last major subclasses of hemopoietic cells had been successfully cultured in vitro. The time seemed appropriate to write a short general...
Five Quarts
A Personal and Natural History of Blood
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
“We’re born in blood. Our family histories are contained in it, our bodies nourished by it daily. Five quarts run through each of us, along some sixty thousand miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries.”
–fromFive Quarts
In the national bestseller Sleep Demons, Bill Hayes took us on...
Nine Pints
A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough science
Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit...
Blood
An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Essence and emblem of life--feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times--human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. It is a commerce whose impact upon humanity rivals that of any other business--millions of lives...
A Song in the Night
A Memoir of Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In this inspiring memoir of faith and perseverance, Bob Massie recounts how a childhood illness laid the foundation for a life filled with compassion and activism.
Bob Massie was born with classical hemophilia, a painful disorder that caused repeated bleeding in his joints and slowly robbed...
One Hundred Days
My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
It is a situation we all fear and none of us can imagine: a life-threatening diagnosis. But what if the person receiving the diagnosis--young, physically fit, poised for a bright future--is himself a doctor?
At thirty-one David biro has just completed his residency and joined his father's successful...