Research Catalog

Title

Lecture notes on haematology / N.C. Hughes-Jones, S.N. Wickramasinghe.

Author

Hughes-Jones, N. C. (Nevin Campbell)

Publication

Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Science, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Wickramasinghe, S. N.

Description

viii, 277 p. : ill. (some col.); 22 cm.

Summary

• Lecture Notes on Haematology is a core text that integrates basic science with a knowledge of the clinical and laboratory aspects of haematological diseases and blood transfusion. It will appeal to medical students, junior doctors, allied health professionals and laboratory staff who want a concise introduction to the subject.
• It takes the reader from the basics of normal haemoglobin, blood cells, haemopoiesis and haemostasis through to the disorders that manifest themselves as haematological disease. Each chapter features basic learning objectives that guide the reader toward a thorough understanding of what constitutes core knowledge.

Subject

• Hematologic Diseases

Contents

1. Normal Haemoglobin, Blood Cells and Haemopoiesis -- 2. Anaemia and Polycythaemia: General Considerations -- 3. Haemolytic Anaemias -- 4. Iron Metabolism, Iron-Deficiency Anaemia and other Hypochromic Microcytic Anaemias -- 5. Macrocytosis and Macrocytic Anaemia -- 6. Conditions Causing White Cell Abnormalities -- 7. Acute and Chronic Leukaemias -- 8. Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders -- 9. Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Aplastic Anaemia and Pure Red Cell Aplasia -- 10. Myeloma, other Paraproteinaemias and Lymphoma -- 11. Haemostasis, Abnormal Bleeding and Anticoagulant Therapy -- 12. Blood Transfusion and Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn -- 13. Basic Haematological Techniques and Reference Ranges.

ISBN

0632040394

LCCN

95009604

OCLC

• 32925912
• ocm32925912
• SCSB-4779823

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries