The Complete spleen
Subtitle: structure, function, and clinical disorders
By: edited by Anthony J. Bowdler.
Contributors: Bowdler, Anthony J.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Humana Press; Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Spleen -- anatomy & histology; Spleen -- physiology; Splenic Diseases
Other titles: Spleen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. The anatomy of the spleen; title: Ch. 2. The microanatomy of the mammalian spleen: mechanisms of splenic clearance; title: Ch. 3. Splenic microcirculatory blood flow and function with respect to red blood cells; title: Ch. 4. The immune functions of the spleen; title: Ch. 5. The role of the spleen in hemostasis; title: Ch. 6. The pathology of the spleen; title: Ch. 7. Splenic pooling and survival of blood cells; title: Ch. 8. Dilutional anemia: abnormalities of blood volume in disorders of the spleen; title: Ch. 9. The clinical significance of the spleen; title: Ch. 10. Hyposplenism; title: Ch. 11. The relationship of the spleen to infection - Ch. 12. Hemolysis and thrombocytopenia; title: Ch. 13. Myeloproliferative disorders; title: Ch. 14. The spleen in lymphoproliferative disease; title: Ch. 15. The spleen in sickle cell disease; title: Ch. 16. Imaging of spleen disorders; title: Ch. 17. Surgery of the spleen.