Haematology

This collection of articles focuses on areas of general medicine which are presented to clinicians at all levels in theprofession.

This volume contains the papers which were presented at the Third International Symposium on Oxygen Transport to Tissue together with the discussions at the end of each Session.

Two infonnal meetings of consultants expert in hemostatic phenomena and in atherogenesis were held in Bethesda, Maryland, in December 1975 and February 1976 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

This book reflects the personal prejudices I have developed in twenty years of reading the scientific literature.

The mammalian erythrocyte is a very suitable model for the study of aging at the cellular and molecular level.

This comprehensive treatise on the reticuloendothelial system is a project jointly shared by individual members of the Reticuloendothelial (RE) Society and bio- medical scientists in general who are interested in the intricate system of cells and molecular moieties derived from those cells which constitute the RES.

Since there are many different tissues and organs in the body, a study of oxygen transport to tissue necessarily involves a great diversity of bodily functions.

It can honestly be said that the scope and magnitude of this meeting surpassed initial expectations with respect to the number and quality of the papers presented.

The Fondazione Lorenzini has been sponsoring Postgraduate Courses for physicians and specialists, in Italy, since 1970.

Hemoglobin and the red cell have continued to set a dizzying pace as the objects of research in the two and one-half year interval since the First International Conference on Red Cell Metabolism and Function.

In the last six years, a remarkable series of stUdies have demonstrated an intimate relationship between red cell metabolism and the function of the cell as an organ of gas transport.

I am prepared to predict that this monograph by Dr.

This monograph is the first of a series which is designed to present in depth timely reviews of subjects related to the blood.

Under the broad heading of blood oxygenation there may be specific areas of study, such as the kinetics of the oxygen- hemoglobin reaction, diffusion of gases through the red cell, blood preservation, blood chemistry, oxygen electrode design and the design and evaluation of artificial blood oxygenators.

Each of the four authors of this book has a particular interest in disorders of porphyrin metabolism and special experience in their management.

The International Symposium on Heparin, held May 13-15, 1974, in St.

Each year, it becomes more apparent that trace elements play an important role in human metabolism.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state, and the new concepts for the future directions of modern cancer therapy.

The hematopoietic system plays roles that are crucial for survival of the host: delivery of oxygen to tissues, arrest of accidental blood leaking from blood vessels, and fending off of invading microbes by humoral, cell-mediated, and phagocytic immunity.

Since the first concepts of gene therapy were formulated, the hemopoietic system has been considered the most natural first target tissue for genetic manipulation.

Cellular drug resistance is a major limitation to the success of chemotherapy of leu- kemia and lymphoma.

The first International Meeting on Apheresis was held in Dyon in 1984.

With great pleasure I welcome you to the City of Groningen.

The International Scientific Symposium on Fibrinogen, Thrombosis, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis was held in Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, on August 30 - September 1, 1989.

Recent progress in molecular biology has led to a rapid expansion of our understanding of the proteins that are essential for hemostasis and thrombosis.

In transfusion medicine the scientific fundamentals of immunology have had a considerable clinical impact.

A variety of metabolic processes are known to be intimately involved in the maintenance of cellular structure and function.

In summary, the technical, scientific and medical aspects of transfusion me- dicine continue to be critical.

The biology of solid tumor metastasis has been the subject of significant scientific and clinical interest for years and while experimental evidence reveals that metastasis is not solely a random event, very little is known about the biology of metastasis originating from prostate cancer.

Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States and other industrialized nations.

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These Proceedings contain the contributions of the partIcIpants of the Third International Symposium on Dendritic Cells that was held in Annecy, France, from June 19 to June 24, 1994.

Scintigraphic imaging with radiolabeled blood elements has continued to be a useful diagnostic modality.

th It is a great pleasure for me to open the jubilee 25 International Symposium on Blood Transfusion here in Groningen.

There should be, and in the best of cases there is, a synergy between basic research and patient care.

Progress in Basic and Clinical Immunology is a result of the 14th European Immunology Meeting - EFIS 2000, held in Poznan, Poland, on 23-27 September 2000.

The idea to compile recent results on the ectoenzymes aminopeptidase N/CD13 and dipeptidylpeptidase IV/CD26 arose from the great interest given by readers world-wide to the two proceedings volumes edited by us in 1997 and 2000 (Ansorge and Langner, 1997; Langner and Ansorge, 2000).

Within the last few years, iron research has yielded exciting new insights into the under- standing of normal iron homeostasis.

There have been many changes in the field of coagulation during the past decade.

This is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and biology of multiple myeloma and related plasma disorders.

Soft tissue tumors are a large and heterogeneous group of tumors and pseudotumors with a spectrum of behavior from benign to frankly malignant.

Stem cells are the building blocks for all other cells in an organism.

Molecular Genetic Pathology, Second Edition presents up-to-date material containing fundamental information relevant to the clinical practice of molecular genetic pathology.

Typically, manuals of pediatric hematology-oncology are written by specialists from high-income countries, and usually target an audience with a sub-specialist level of training, often assisted by cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment facilities.

Neoplastic Diseases of the Blood integrates the history, epidemiology, pathology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics of modern neoplastic hematopathology.