The molecular basis of blood diseases
By: [edited by] George Stamatoyannopoulos ... [et al.].
Contributors: Stamatoyannopoulos, George.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1028
Subjects: Blood -- Diseases -- Molecular aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Stem cell biology; title: Ch. 2. Hematopoietic growth factors and receptors; title: Ch. 3. Transcription factors that regulate lineage decisions; title: Ch. 4. Signal transduction in the regulation of hematopoiesis; title: Ch. 5. Hemoglobin switching; title: Ch. 6. The thalassemias; title: Ch. 7. Human hemoglobin: sickle hemoglobin and other mutants; title: Ch. 8. The erythrocyte membrane and cytoskeleton: structure, function, and disorders; title: Ch. 9. Red cell membrane antigens; title: Ch. 10. Molecular basis of iron metabolism; title: Ch. 11. Gene rearrangements in lymphoid cells; title: Ch. 12. Lymphocyte development; title: Ch. 13. Antigen processing and T-cell effector mechanisms; title: Ch. 14. Integrins in hematology; title: Ch. 15. Chemokines and their receptors; title: Ch. 16. Genetic disorders of phyagocyte killing; title: Ch. 17. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; title: Ch. 18. Vitamin K-dependent proteins in blood coagulation; title: Ch. 19. The protein C anticoagulant system; title: Ch. 20. Regulation of blood coagulation by protease inhibitors; title: Ch. 21. Hemophilia A, hemophilia B, and Von Willebrand Disease; title: Ch. 22. The molecular basis of fibrin; title: Ch. 23. Fibrinolysis and the control of hemostasis; title: Ch. 24. Platelets; title: Ch. 25. Molecular aspects of oncogenesis; title: Ch. 26. Mechanisms of leukemogenesis; title: Ch. 27. The molecular and biological properties of the human immunodeficiency virus; title: Ch. 28. Viral pathogenesis of hematological disorders; title: Ch. 29. Gene therapy for hematopoietic diseases.