Postgraduate haematology / edited by A. Victor Hoffbrand, Daniel Catovsky, Edward G.D. Tuddenham.

Previous ed. : 1999.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stem cells and haemopoiesis / Myrtle Gordon -- Erythropoiesis / Douglas Higgs and William Wood -- Iron metabolism, iron deficiency, and disorders of haem synthesis / Mark Worwood and A. Victor Hoffbrand -- Iron overload / A. Victor Hoffbrand and Mark Worwood -- Megaloblastic anaemia / A. Victor Hoffbrand and Ralph Green -- Haemoglobin and the inherited disorders of globin synthesis / David Weatherall -- Sickle cell anaemia / Elliott Vichinsky -- Hereditary disorders of the red cell membrane / Edward Gordon-Smith -- Red cell metabollic disorders / Edward Gordon-Smith -- Acquired haemolytic anaemias / Edward Gordon-Smith and Judith C.W. Marsh -- Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria / Lucio Luzzatto and Rosario Notaro -- Inherited aplastic anaemia/bone marrow failure syndromes / Inderjeet Dokal -- Acquired aplastic anaemia, other aquired bone marrow failure disorders, and dyserythropoiesis / Edward Gordon-Smith and Judith Marsh -- Red cell immunohaematology: introduction / Marcela Contreras and Geoff Daniels --

Antigens in human blood / Marcela Contreras and Geoff Daniels -- Clinical blood transfusion / Marcela Contreras ... [et al.] -- Phagocytic white blood cells / Farhad Ravandi and Ronald Hoffman -- Haemopoietic growth factors / Jenny Byrne and Nigel Russell -- Lysosomal storage disorders / Atul Mehta and Derralynn Hughes -- Normal lymphocytes and non-neoplastic lymphocyte disorders / Mark Drayson and Paul Moss -- The spleen / S. Mitchell Lewis -- Immunodeficiency diseases / David Webster -- Haematology in HIV disease / Christine Costello -- Histocompatibility / Ann-Margaret Little and Steven Marsh, J. Alexandro Madrigal -- Stem cell transplantation / Charles Craddock and Ronjon Chakraverty -- Non-myeloablative transplantation / Kirsty Thomson, Michael Potter, and S. Mackinnon -- Gene therapy for haemopoietic disorders / Rapha�el Rousseau and Malcolm Brenner --

Molecular basis of leukaemia and lymphoma / Anthony Green ... [et al.] -- Diagnosis and classification of acute leukaemia / Barbara Bain -- Cytogenetics of acute leukaemia / Christine Harrison -- Acute myeloid leukaemia / Alan Burnett -- Adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia / Dieter Hoelzer and Nicola G�okbuget -- Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia / Der-Cherng Liang and Ching-Hon Pui -- Minimal residual disease in acute leukaemia / Letizia Foroni, Paula Gameiro, and A. Victor Hoffbrand -- Multi-drug resistance in leukaemia / Jean-Pierre Marie and Ollivier Legrand -- Support care in the management of acute leukaemia / Archibald Prentice and Peter J. Donnelly -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia / John M. Goldman and Tariq I. Mughal -- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and related B-cell disorders / Daniel Catovsky -- T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders / Estella Matutes --

Myelodysplastic syndrome / David Oscier and Sally Killick -- Myeloma / H.J.B. Goodman and P.N. Hawkins -- Amyloidosis / Philip Hawkins and Hugh Goodman -- Classification of lymphomas / Peter Isaacson -- Management of Hodgkin's disease / Lynny Yung and David Linch -- Management of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma / I. Avivi and A.H. Goldstone -- Myeloproliferative disorders / Anthony Green and G. Vassiliou -- Normal haemostasis / Geoffrey Kemball-Cook, Edward Tuddenham, and John McVey -- Platelets--structure, function, and physiology / Stephen Watson and Paul Harrison -- Congenital bleeding: X linked disorders and von Willebrand disease / Michael Laffan and Christine Lee -- Congenital bleeding: autosomal recessive deficiencies / Flora Peyvandi and Pier Mannucci -- Acquired coagulation disorders / Michael Nash ... [et al.] -- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (congenital and acquired) / Pier Mannucci --

Inherited thrombophilia / Isobel Walker -- Acquired venous thrombosis / Beverly Hunt and Michael Greaves -- Management of venous thromboembolism / Sam Schulman -- Congenital platelet disorders / Maurizio Margaglione -- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) / April Chiu ... [et al.] -- Athero-thrombosis, thrombolysis & antiplatelet agents / Lucinda Summers, S. Marso, and Peter Grant -- Haematological aspects of systemic disease / Atul Mehta and A. Victor Hoffbrand -- Haematological aspects of tropical diseases / Imelda Bates and Ivy Ekem -- Neonatal haematology / Irene Roberts -- Laboratory practice / S. Mitchell Lewis.

This practical text provides trainees, residents and practising haematologists up-to-date knowledge of the pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory features and management of blood disorders. For this fifth edition, all chapters have been revised and new chapters added to reflect the latest advances.