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Author Howard, Martin R.

Title Haematology : an illustrated colour text / Martin R. Howard, Peter J. Hamilton
Edition Second edition
Published Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2002

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 MELB  616.15 How/Hai 2002  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Series Illustrated colour text series
Contents Anatomy and Physiology -- The bone marrow -- Red cells -- Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes -- Lymphocytes -- The spleen -- Haemostasis -- The Haematology Patient -- History taking -- Examining the patient -- Laboratory haematology I - Blood and bone marrow -- Laboratory haematology II - Coagulation and the acute phase response -- Anaemia -- Introduction and classification -- Iron deficiency anaemia -- Megaloblastic anaemia -- Haemolytic anaemia I - General features and inherited disorders -- Haemolytic anaemia II - Acquired disorders -- The thalassaemias -- Sickle cell syndromes -- Anaemia of chronic disorders -- Leukaemia -- Introduction -- Acute myeloid leukaemia -- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia -- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia -- Other leukaemias -- The myelodysplastic syndromes -- Aplastic anaemia -- Chemotherapy and related treatments -- Stem cell transplantation -- Lymphoma and Myeloma -- Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Myeloma -- Myeloproliferative Disorders -- Polycythaemia -- Essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis -- Haemostasis and Thrombosis -- Thrombocytopenia -- Disorders of platelet function and vascular purpuras -- Haemophilia -- Von Willebrand's Disease and other inherited coagulation disorders -- Acquired disorders of coagulation -- Thrombophilia -- Anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy -- Blood Transfusion -- Blood group and blood testing -- Clinical practice -- Special Situations -- The immunosuppressed patient -- Pregnancy -- Pediatric haematology -- Systemic disease -- The developing world -- Recent Advances in Haematology -- Molecular biology -- Potential advances in treatment -- Practical Procedures -- Acpuncture and venous access -- Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy
Notes Previous ed.: 1997
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Hematology.
Blood -- Diseases.
Hematologic Diseases.
Blood Physiological Phenomena.
Hematologic Diseases.
Hematology.
Author Hamilton, Peter J.
LC no. 2001037987
ISBN 0443070857 paperback
Other Titles Haematology : an illustrated colour text