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Malaria : a hematological perspective / edited by Saad H. Abdalla & Geoffrey Pasvol ; series editors Geoffrey Pasvol and Stephen L. Hoffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tropical medicine ; v. 4.
- Tropical medicine : Science and practice ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malaria.
- Haemosporida.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (446 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reviews all of the hematological changes and interactions inmalaria, one of the most important transmissible diseases in humanbeings. In doing so, it emphasizes the importance of malaria as aprimarily hematological disease. It aims to increase the awareness andinterest among hematologists, malariologists and tropical physicians.
- Contents:
- About the Series Editors; List of Contributors; Introduction; Contents; Chapter 1 Laboratory Procedures for Diagnosis of Malaria DC Warhurst and JE Williams; Chapter 2 Definition, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management of the Anemia of Malaria Geoffrey Pasvol and Saad H Abdalla; Chapter 3 Pathogenesis of the Anemia of Malaria Saad H Abdalla and Geoffrey Pasvol; Chapter 4 Iron and Folate in Malaria Saad H Abdalla; Chapter 5 Leukocytes in Malaria Saad H Abdalla; Chapter 6 Cytokine Changes in Malaria Saad H Abdalla
- Chapter 7 The Bone Marrow in Human Malaria Saad H Abdalla and Sunitha N WickramasingheChapter 8 Platelets and Blood Coagulation in Human Malaria Paul N Newton, Etim Essien and Nicholas J White; Chapter 9 Innate Resistance to Malaria Conferred by Red Cell Genetic Defects Ronald L Nagel; Chapter 10 The Spleen and Malaria Imelda Bates; Chapter 11 Malaria and Burkitt's Lymphoma Christine A Facer; Chapter 12 Malaria and Blood Transfusion Peter L Chiodini and John AJ Barbara; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611866556
- 9781281866554
- 1281866555
- 9781860945908
- 1860945902
- OCLC:
- 475947785
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