Textbook of Pediatric Hematology and Hemato-Oncology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9351521435 ISBN 13: 9789351521433

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub, 2015

Synopsis

Textbook of Pediatric Hematology & Hemato-Oncologyis a highly illustrated, comprehensive guide to diseases and cancers of the blood in paediatrics.

Fifty chapters by internationally recognised paediatric haematologists and haemato-oncologists are grouped into seven sections, covering physiology, neonatal haematology, red blood cell and white blood cell disorders, bleeding disorders, transfusion medicine, haemato-oncology and other general topics.

The haemato-oncology section covers cancers of the blood and includes lymphoblastic leukaemia, myeloid leukaemia (chronic and acute), juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia, and bone marrow transplantation. The final 'general' section features discussion on gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies and biological response modifiers.

Each chapter is peer-reviewed, with a list of references ensuring authoritative content, and the book is further enhanced by nearly 200 images and illustrations.Textbook of Pediatric Hematology & Hemato-Oncologyis an indispensable resource for paediatricians, practitioners and trainees.

Key Points

• Comprehensive guide to paediatric diseases and cancers of the blood
• 50 peer reviewed chapters with references
• 198 images and illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

MR Lokeshwar
Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Haematologist, Shushrusha Citizens Co-operative Hospital and Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India

About this edition

• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9351521435
• ISBN 13: 9789351521433
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518
• Editor: Lokeshwar M. R., Shah Nitin K., Agarwal Bharat R., Manglani Mamta Vijay, Sachdeva Anupam