| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes (xxv, 2606, I-47 pages)) : illustrations (some color) |
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LWW medical book collection
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| Contents |
v. 1: Examination of the blood and bone marrow -- Clinical flow cytometry -- Cytogenetics -- Molecular biology and hematology -- Origin and development of blood cells -- Erythropoiesis -- The mature erythrocyte -- Destruction of erythrocytes -- Neutrophilic leukocytes -- The human eosinophil -- Basophilic leukocytes: mast cells and basophils -- Mononuclear phagocytes -- Phagocytosis -- Lymphocytes and lymphatic organs -- B lymphocytes -- T lymphocytes and natural killer cells -- Effector mechanisms in immunity -- Megakaryocytes -- Platelet structure and function in hemostasis and thrombosis -- Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis -- Endothelium: angiogenesis and the regulation of hemostasis -- Red cell, platelet, and white cell antigens -- Transfusion medicine -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Gene therapy for hematologic disorders -- Anemia: general considerations -- Iron deficiency and related disorders -- Sideroblastic anemias -- Hemochromatosis -- Porphyria -- Hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, and other disorders associated with abnormalities of the erythrocyte membrane -- Hereditary hemolytic anemias due to red blood cell enzyme disorders -- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia -- Alloimmune hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn -- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria -- Acquired nonimmune hemolytic disorders -- Sickle cell anemia and other sickling syndromes -- Thalassemias and related disorders: quantitative disorders of hemoglobin synthesis -- Hemoglobins with altered oxygen affinity, unstable hemoglobins, M-hemoglobins, and dyshemoglobinemias -- Megaloblastic anemias: disorders of impaired DNA synthesis -- Inherited aplastic anemia syndromes -- Acquired aplastic anemia -- Red cell aplasia -- Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias -- Anemias secondary to chronic disease -- Anemias during pregnancy and the postpartum period -- Amemias unique to the newborn period -- Erythrocytosis |
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V. 2: Diagnostic approach to the bleeding disorders -- Thrombocytopenia: pathophysiology and classification -- Thrombocytopenia caused by immunologic platelet destruction -- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and related disorders -- Miscellaneous causes of thrombocytopenia -- Bleeding disorders caused by vascular abnormalities -- Essential thrombocythemia and thrombocytosis -- Qualitative disorders of platelet function -- Inherited coagulation disorders -- Acquired coagulation disorders -- Thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy -- Diagnostic approach to malignant and nonmalignant disorders of the phagocytic and immune systems -- Neutropenia -- Qualitative disorders of leukocytes -- Abnormalities of the monocyte-marocphage system: the lysosomal storage diseases -- Langerhans cell histiocytosis -- Pathology of langerhans cell histiocytosis and other histiocytic proliferations -- Infectious mononucleosis and other Epstein-Barr virus-related disorders -- Primary immunodeficiency syndromes -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Disorders of the spleen -- Tumors of the spleen -- Hematopoietic tumors: principles of pathologic diagnosis -- Complications of hematopoietic neoplasms -- Principles and pharmacology of chemotherapy -- Immunotherapy -- Supportive care in hematologic malignancies -- Molecular genetics of acute leukemia -- Diagnosis and classification of the acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndrome -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults -- Acute myeloid leukemia in adults -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children -- Acute myelogenous leukemia in children -- Acute promyelocytic leukemia -- Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Pathology of the myeloproliferative diseases -- Chronic myeloid leukemia -- Polycythemia vera -- Primary myelofibrosis -- Systemic mastocytosis -- Diagnosis and classification of lymphomas -- Molecular genetic aspects of non-hodgkin lymphomagenesis -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children -- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Hairy cell leukemia -- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: mycosis fungoides and sézary syndrome -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Practical aspects of the clinical approach to patients with monoclonal immunoglobulin disorders -- Monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance and smoldering multiple myeloma -- Multiple myeloma -- Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (primary amyloidosis) -- Waldenström macroglobulinemia -- Cryoglobulinemia and heavy chain disease |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hematology.
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Blood -- Diseases.
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Blood.
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Blood
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Hematologic Diseases
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Hematology
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Hematology -- methods
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blood (animal material)
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Blood.
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Blood -- Diseases.
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Hematology.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wintrobe, Maxwell M. (Maxwell Myer), 1901-1986.
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Greer, John P.
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