RT Book, Section
A1 Ershler, William B.
A1 Groarke, Emma M.
A1 Young, Neal S.
A2 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A2 Prchal, Josef T.
A2 Burns, Linda J.
A2 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A2 Levi, Marcel
A2 Linch, David C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178736421
T1 Hematology in Older Persons
T2 Williams Hematology, 10e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260464122
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178736421
RD 2024/04/19
AB SUMMARYWe  are  currently  experiencing,  and  will  continue  for  the  next  two  decades  to  experience,  a  rapid  expansion  of  the  percentage  of  the  population  older  than  65  years  of  age.1–3  In  anticipation,  an  increased  effort  is  underway  to  better  understand  the  basic  biology  of  aging  and  the  mechanisms  whereby  individuals  become  susceptible  to  disease.4,5  In  this  chapter,  a  current  appraisal  of  our  understanding  of  aging  and  aging  hematopoiesis  is  presented  followed  by  a  more  detailed  discussion  of  the  clinical  consequences  of  these  age-associated  changes  in  hematopoiesis.