LITERATURE OF MEDICINE
Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice
15 May 1995 | Volume 122 Issue 10 | Page 807
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Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice
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Second edition. R Hoffman, EJ Benz Jr., SJ Shattil, B Furie, HJ Cohen, and LE Silberstein; eds. 2369 pages. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1995. $169.95. ISBN 0443-089-140. Order phone 800-553-5426.
New section in this edition: immunology. New editor: Leslie Silberstein, for transfusion therapy. Expanded clinical problems as managed by the chapters' authors, who make a special effort to explain and demystify the vocabulary of experimental and clinical hematology. Huge reference lists (for example, the chapter "Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Aplastic Anemia" by Neal Young has 746 references). Many chapters include, boxed and highlighted, the author's own programs for treatment, such as "Platelet Transfusion Program of the Author" in Sherrill Slichter's chapter "Principles of Platelet Transfusion Therapy."
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