TY - BOOK AU - Hughes-Jones,N.C. AU - Wickramasinghe,S.N. AU - Hatton,Chris AU - Hughes-Jones,N.C. TI - Haematology T2 - The lecture notes series SN - 9781405180504 (pbk.) : AV - RC636 .H83 2008 U1 - 616.15 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Hematology KW - Hematologic Diseases N1 - Previous ed.: published as Lecture notes on haematology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004; Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Normal haemoglobin, blood cells, and haemopoiesis -- Anaemia and polycythaemia: general considerations -- Haemolytic anaemias -- Iron metabolism, iron deficiency anaemia, other hypochromic microcytic anaemias, and iron overload -- Macrocytosis and macrocytic anaemia -- Conditions causing white cell abnormalities -- Structure and function of lymphoid tissue -- Lymphomas: general principles -- Classification of lymphoma -- Hodgkin's lymphoma and some of the commoner clinical entities of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, including ALL and CLL -- Myeloma and other paraproteinaemias -- Neoplastic disorders of myeloid cells -- Bone marrow transplantation -- Aplastic anaemia and pure red cell aplasia -- Haemostasis, abnormal bleeding, and anticoagulant therapy -- Blood transfusion and haemolytic disease of the newborn -- Basic haematological techniques and reference ranges N2 - This is a core text on haematology aimed at medical students, junior doctors, allied health professionals and laboratory staff who want a concise introduction to the field ER -