Aplastic Anemia
Acquired and Inherited
Published in December 1993
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-0-7216-3702-0 (ISBN)
Description
This review of aplastic anaemia provides information with regard to disease descriptions, physical and laboratory manifestations, pathophysiology, treatment and outcome. It also describes routine clinical and specialized research evaluations in detail. The book aims to provide everything that is needed to workup, treat and determine the prognosis of a patient with bone marrow failure, pancytopenia and single cytopenia.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
299 ills (43 in full color)
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 184 mm
Weight
1017 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-3702-0 (9780721637020)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part A: Acquired Aplastic Anemia. Introduction to Aplastic Anemia: History, Differential Diagnosis, And Classification. Clinical Features of Acquired Aplastic Anemia. Epidemiology of Acquired Aplastic Anemia. Pathophysiology I: Stem Cells, Stroma, And Growth Factors. Bone Marrow Failure Secondary to Genetic Injury: Radiation Injury, Myelodysplasia and Related Syndromes. Pathophysiology II: Immune Suppression of Hematopoiesis. Drugs and Chemicals. Viruses as Agents of Marrow Failure. Definitive Treatment of Acquired Aplastic Anemia. Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia and Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia. Agranulocytosis. Part B: Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes: Introduction. Fanconi's Anemia: Clinical Features. Dyskeratosis Congenita. Schwachman-Diamond Syndrome. Amegakarocytic Thrombocytopenia. Rare Syndromes with Bone Marrow Failure. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood. Kostmann's Syndrome. Thrombocytopenia Absent Radii. Index.