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Dacie and Lewis Practical Haematology

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By
  • Barbara Bain, FRACP, FRCPath, Professor of Diagnostic Haematology, St. Mary's Hospital Campus of Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK
  • Imelda Bates, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Senior Lecturer in Tropical Haematology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  • Mike Laffan, DM, FRCP, FRCPath, Professor of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Division of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine
  • S. Lewis, BSc, MD, FRCPath, DCP, FIBMS, Emeritus Reader in Haematology, University of London; Senior Research Fellow in Haematology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

"Highly Commended," Internal Medicine Category, British Medical Association 2012 Medical Book Competition

Audience
Haematologists in practice and in training

Paperback, 668 Pages

Published: December 2011

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

ISBN: 978-0-7020-3408-4

Contents

  • 1.Collection and handling of blood

    2. Reference ranges and normal values

    3. Basic haematological techniques

    4. Preparation and staining methods for

    blood and bone marrow films

    5. Blood cell morphology in health and

    disease

    6. Supplementary techniques including

    blood parasite diagnosis

    7. Bone marrow biopsy

    8. Molecular and cytogenetic analysis

    9. Iron deficiency anaemia and iron

    overload

    10. Investigation of megaloblastic anaemia:

    cobalamin, folate and metabolite

    status

    11. Laboratory methods used in the investigation

    of the haemolytic anaemias

    12. Investigation of the hereditary haemolytic

    anaemias: membrane and enzyme

    abnormalities

    13. Acquired haemolytic anaemias

    14. Investigation of abnormal haemoglobins

    and thalassaemia

    15. Erythrocyte and leucocyte

    cytochemistry

    16. Immunophenotyping

    17. Diagnostic radioisotopes in

    haematology

    18. Investigation of haemostasis

    19. Investigation of a thrombotic

    tendency

    20. Laboratory control of anticoagulant,

    thrombolytic and antiplatelet

    therapy

    21. Blood cell antigens and antibodies:

    erythrocytes, platelets and

    granulocytes

    22. Laboratory aspects of blood

    transfusion

    23. Approach to the diagnosis and

    classification of blood diseases

    24. Laboratory organization and

    management

    25. Quality assurance

    26. Haematology in under-resourced

    laboratories

    27. Appendix

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