Haematology an illustrated colour text

This textbook on haematology in the Illustrated Colour Text series is suitable for medical students, junior doctors and others needing a concise and practical introduction to the subject. Concise and manageable coverage of the major blood diseases and their treatment. Does not overload the reader wi...

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Main Authors: Howard, Martin (Author), Hamilton, Peter J. (Author)
Other Authors: Britton, Robert (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh, UK Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier 2013
Edition:Fourth edition
Series:Illustrated colour text
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Call Number :med WH 120 .H69 2013

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505 0 |a pt.1. Anatomy and physiology -- The bone marrow --Red cells -- Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes -- Lymphocytes -- pt.2. The haematology patient -- The spleen --Haemostasis --History taking --Examining the patient --Laboratory haematology I- Blood and bone marrow --Laboratory haematology II - Coagulation and the acute phase response -- pt.3. 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 disease -- pt.4. 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 -- pt.5. Lymphoma and myeloma -- Hodgkin's lymphoma --Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma --Myeloma -- pt.6. Myeloproliferative neoplasms --Polycythaemia --Essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis -- pt. 7. Haemostasis and thrombosis -- Thrombocytopenia --Disorders of platelet function and vascular purpuras --Haemophilia --Von Willebrand disease and other inherited coagulation disorders --Acquired disorders of coagulation -- Thrombophilia --Anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy -- pt. 8. Blood transfusion -- Blood groups and blood testing --Clinical practice -- pt. 9. Special situations -- The immunosuppressed patient --Pregnancy -- Paediatric haematology --Haematology in the elderly --Palliative care in haematological malignancy --Systemic disease --The developing world -- pt. 10. Recent advances in haematology -- Molecular biology --Potential advances in treatment -- pt. 11. Practical procedures --Venepuncture and venous access --Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy -- 
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