Thrombopoietin
Subtitle: from molecule to medicine
By: edited by Martin J. Murphy, Jr., and David J. Kuter.
Contributors: Murphy, Martin J.; Kuter, David J.
Publisher: AlphaMed Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Miamisburg, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Thrombopoietin -- Congresses.; Hematopoietic stem cells -- Congresses.; Megakaryocytes -- Congresses.; Hematopoietic stem cells -- Congresses.; Thrombopoietin -- Congresses.; Megakaryocytes -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reports the proceedings from a Keystone Symposium on The Molecular Regulation of Platelet Production held at Lake Tahoe, January 10-15, 1998.--per email from Dr. Martin J. Murphy, Jr., 8 October 1998.
"Published as a supplement to Stem Cells."
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Keynote; title: Section 2. Thrombopoietin: structure, function and mechanism of action; title: Section 3. Biology of megakaryocyte differentiation, maturation and platelet release; title: Section 4. The Effects of MPL ligand in animal models; title: Section 5: Pathological disorders of megakaryocytopoiesis; title: Section 6. Clinical applications of MPL ligand and other thrombopoietic cytokines in chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation and transfusion medicine.