The latest revision of Beck's renowned syllabus (1st edition, 1973; 4th, 1985) finds it somewhat redesigned to better serve as a reference for house officers and practicing physicians, although its primary audience remains first and second year medical students. Among the substantive changes are added discussions of the myeloid growth factors, erythropoietin, the red cell cytoskeleton, oncogenes, and newer aspects of immunology, hemato-oncology, and clotting. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The fifth edition of this well-known series of lectures by distinguished Harvardhematologists is substantially revised to include discussions of the many important scientificdevelopments in contemporary hematology. New insights into oncogenes, growth factors, membranereceptors, differentiation and morphogenesis, enzymology, molecular biology, and evolutionarybiology appear in virtually every lecture. A lecture on general principles of malignant diseaseappears for the first time in recognition of the fact that in many hospitals and medical schoolshematology departments now encompass oncology - an important topic that is not covered elsewhere inthe medical curriculum.This new edition also adds many tables and figures relating to differentialdiagnosis that will be useful to practicing physicians and house officers. Examples include causesof splenomegaly, indications for splenectomy, differential diagnosis of normocytic anemia,macrocytic anemia, hypochromic anemia, thrombocytopenia, bone marrow failure syndromes, and manyothers. The bibliographies have been expanded, a new appendix containing laboratory methods has beenadded, and there is an unusually complete index.William S. Beck has taught the hematology courses atHarvard for many years. He is Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Director of theHematology Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor at the Harvard-NUTDivision of Health Sciences and Technology, and Tutor in Biochemical Sciences at HarvardCollege.
The fifth edition of this well-known series of lectures by distinguished Harvard hematologists is substantially revised to include discussions of the many important scientific developments in contemporary hematology.
