Blood : principles and practice of hematology
Robert I. Handin (Editor), Samuel E. Lux (Editor), Thomas P. Stossel (Editor)
Sixty chapters fall under headings addressing fundamentals, hematopoiesis, stem cell disorders, white blood cells, hemostasis, red blood cells, systemic disease, and hematologic therapies. Entries are extensively subdivided to aid the search for information, and references follow each entry. The appendix consists of 55 tables furnishing data on topics such as bone marrow cell populations of normal infants, normal leukocyte counts, absolute blood phagocyte concentrations, and platelet lifespan studies. The 120 contributors, like the editors, overwhelmingly represent US institutions. Like the first edition, which appeared in 1995, the second is aimed at the widest possible medical audience. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Print Book, English, 2003
Second edition View all formats and editions
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
CD-ROMs
xii, 2304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
9780781719933, 0781719933
49712243
Part 1: Fundamentals of hematology: tools of the trade
Consultation in hematology
Laboratory hematology: methods for the analysis of blood
Examination of the bone marrow
Molecular genetics and genomics for the hematologist
Cytogenetics for the hematologist
Molecular basis of oncology
Part 2: Hematopoietic system
Hematopoiesis
Part 3: Stem cell disorders
Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
Acquired bone marrow failure syndromes
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Myeloproliferative disorders
Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Part 4: White blood cells
Neutrophils and monocytes: normal physiology and
Disorders of neutrophil and monocyte production
Acute myelogenous leukemia
Structure, function, and functional disorders of the phagocyte system
Eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells
Cellular and molecular biology of lymphoid cells
The human major histocompatibility system
Reactive lymphocyte disorders and lymphadenopathy
Disorders of the spleen
Primary immunodeficiency diseases and immunoproteins
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Biology and classification of lymphoid neoplasms
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Chronic lymphoid leukemias
Hodgkin's disease
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas
Plasma cell tumors
Histiocytoses and disorders of the reticuloendothelial system
Part 5: Hemostasis
Hemostatic system
Platelet life cycle: quantitative disorders
Life of the blood platelet
Platelet membrane proteins and their disorders
von Willebrand's disease
Contact system and its disorders
Vitamin K-dependent blood coagulation proteins: normal function and clinical disorders
Coagulation factors V and VIII: normal function and clinical disorders
Biology and disorders of fibrinogen and factor XIII
Fibrinolytic system and its disorders
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Natural anticoagulants and the prethrombotic state
Anticoagulant therapy
Part 6: Red blood cells
Introduction to anemias
Disorders of cobalamin and folate metabolism
Disorders of iron metabolism
Disorders of heme production and catabolism
Hemoglobin synthesis and the thalassemias
Disorders of hemoglobin function and stability
Sickle syndromes
Disorders of the red blood cell membrane
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Disorders of erythrocyte glycolysis and nucleotide metabolism
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and related disorders
Neonatal anemia
Part 7: Systemic disease
Hematologic aspects of systemic diseases
Part 8: Hematologic therapies
Transfusion medicine
Hematologic growth factors as supportive care
Clinical pharmacology of anticancer drugs
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Appendix. Data of importance in hematology