Blood, 15 August 2000, Vol. 96, No. 4, pp. 1205-1205
EDITORIAL
"How I treat": a new style of clinical review
article
With this issue of the Journal we introduce a new
style of clinical review article, the "How I treat" series. The
first in this series is "How I treat TTP," penned by James George.
This type of manuscript is not designed to replace our more typical review papers, but rather to complement them. The "How I treat" series will focus on a single disease, or on one or more distinct aspects of a single hematologic disorder, offering diagnostic and
therapeutic advice based on longstanding clinical experience. Articles
will be authored by leading experts in the chosen field, and provide a
modicum of references that serve primarily to highlight controversial
areas of clinical care, or to allow the reader to gain greater insights
into the physiology or pathology forming the basis for clinical
decision making. Although peer-reviewed by members of our Editorial
Board, the "How I treat" series of papers will often reflect the
views of the author, who will be encouraged to call attention to
opinion over evidence-based facts. Blood will continue to
publish state-of-the-art, highly referenced, evidence-based reviews on
basic and translational physiology and pathology of normal and
neoplastic hematology. The Editors hope that the readership of
Blood will enjoy these succinct papers designed to provide
personal perspectives on challenging clinical problems in our
discipline.
Kenneth Kaushansky, MD
Editor-in-Chief
