Overview
- Written by leading experts in the field
- With numerous illustrations
- A valuable reference work on the occasion of the upcoming centenary of heparin
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 207)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Unfractionated and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins
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Unfractionated and Low Molecular Weight Heparins
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Clinical Use of Heparin and LMWH
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Non-anticoagulant Indications for Heparin and Related Compounds
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Non Anticoagulant Indictions for Heparin and Related Compounds
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Heparin-like Entities
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Keywords
About this book
Heparins remain amongst the most commonly used drugs in clinical practice. Almost 100 years have passed since the initial discovery of this complex substance and, during this time, understanding of the nature and uses of heparin and related molecules has grown dramatically. The aim of this volume is to summarise the developments that have led to the current status of both heparins as drugs and the field of heparin research, with a focus on the particularly rapid progress that has been made over the past three decades. Individual sections are dedicated to the nature of heparin as a biological molecule, the current approaches and techniques that are used to ensure the safety and reliability of heparin as a medicine, the clinical pharmacology of heparin as an anticoagulant drug, effects and potential applications of heparin aside of those involving haemostasis and, finally, the nature and potential uses of heparin-like materials from both natural and synthetic sources.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heparin - A Century of Progress
Editors: Rebecca Lever, Barbara Mulloy, Clive P. Page
Series Title: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23056-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23055-4Published: 09 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43458-7Published: 11 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23056-1Published: 08 May 2012
Series ISSN: 0171-2004
Series E-ISSN: 1865-0325
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 462
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Molecular Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Internal Medicine, Hematology