Handbook of platelet physiology and pharmacology
By: edited by Gundu H.R. Rao
Contributors: Knovel (Firm)
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 553
Subjects: Sang; Plaquettes; Guides, manuels; Blood Platelet Disorders; Blood Platelets; Handbooks, manuals; Blood platelets
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Norwich, N.Y. : Knovel, 2005. HTML/PDF. Includes interactive index. Mode of access: Intranet. Electronic access restricted to users at licensed institutions.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Platelet physiology & pharmacology: an overview; title: pt. II. Receptor biology; title: Ch. 2. Human platelet thrombin receptors and the two receptor model for platelet activation; title: Ch. 3. Platelet thromboxane receptors: biology and function; title: Ch. 4. Collagen receptors: biology and functions; title: Ch. 5. Adenosine receptors: biology and function; title: Ch. 6. Platelet activating factor and platelets; title: Ch. 7. Platelet glycoprotein 1b-V-IX: biology and function; title: Ch. 8. Fibrinogen receptors: biology and function.; title: pt. III. Platelet biochemistry; title: Ch. 9. Biochemistry of platelet activation; title: Ch. 10. GTP binding proteins in platelets; title: Ch. 11. Platelet cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases; title: Ch. 12. Polyenoic fatty acids and platelet function; title: Ch. 13. Phospholipase A₂ in platelets; title: pt. IV. Experimental physiology; title: Ch. 14. Platelet biorheology: adhesive interactions in flow; title: Ch. 15. Platelet vessel wall interactions; title: Ch. 16. Platelet-biomaterial interactions; title: Ch. 17. Comparative physiology of platelets from different species.; title: pt. V. Platelet pathology; title: Ch. 18. The molecular pathology of Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia; title: Ch. 19. Congenital disorders of platelet signal transduction and secretion; title: Ch. 20. Biochemistry of altered platelet reactivity in hypertension; title: pt. VI. Platelet pharmacology; title: Ch. 21. Nitric oxide-mediated regulation of platelet function; title: Ch. 22. Aspirin, prostaglandins and platelet function: pharmacology and thrombosis prevention; title: Ch. 23. Current developments in anticoagulant and antithrombotic agents; title: Ch. 24. Randomized trials of antiplatelet therapy.