TY - BOOK AU - Hoffbrand,A.V. AU - Moss,P.A.H. AU - Pettit,J.E. TI - Essential haematology SN - 9781405136495 (pbk.) : AV - RC633 .H627 2006 U1 - 616.15 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Malden, Mass., Oxford PB - Blackwell KW - Blood KW - Diseases KW - Hematology KW - Hematologic Diseases N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Blood cell formation (haemopoiesis) -- Erythropoiesis and general aspects of anaemia -- Hypochromic anaemias and iron overload -- Megaloblastic anaemias and other macrocytic anaemias -- Haemolytic anaemias -- Genetic disorders of haemoglobin -- The white cells 1: granulocytes, monocytes and their benign disorders -- The white cells 2: lymphocytes and their benign disorders -- The spleen -- The aetiology and genetics of haematological malignancies -- Management of haematological malignancy -- Acute leukaemias -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia -- Myelodysplasia -- The chronic lymphoid leukaemias -- Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Multi myeloma and related disorders -- Myeloproliferative disorders -- Aplastic anaemia and bone marrow failure -- Stem cell transplantation -- Platelets, blood coagulation and haemostasis -- Bleeding disorders caused by vascular and platelet abnormalities -- Coagulation disorders -- Thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy -- Haematological changes in systemic disease -- Blood transfusion -- Pregnancy and neonatal haematology N2 - This work is a standard textbook of haemotology for medical students. It will provide students with an account of the essential features of clinical and laboratory haemotology, with selected reading lists and colour diagrams UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006016791.html ER -