Beschreibung:
This textbook is written by a renowned haematologist with more than 30 years of experience in teaching haematology to medical students and whose pedagogical and writing skills are widely admired within the field. Following closely the current curriculum of Imperial College London, medical students, trainee nurses and biomedical science students from other institutions will find the textbook equally suitable, since it includes the core student haematology curriculum as recommended by the Royal College of Pathologists and the British Society of Haematology expert group. This text will be equally suitable for students outside the UK.
Physiology of the Blood and Bone Marrow; The Blood Count and Film; Microcytic Anaemias and the Thalassaemias; Macrocytic Anaemias; Haemoglobinopathies and Haemolytic Anaemias; Miscellaneous Anaemias, Pancytopenia and the Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Leucocytosis, Leucopenia and Reactive Changes in White Cells; Leukaemias and Lymphomas; Polycythaemia, Thrombocytosis and the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms; Multiple Myeloma; Platelets, Coagulation and Haemostasis; Thrombosis and Its Management - Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet and Thrombolytic Therapy; Blood Transfusion and Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Things You Have to Know Before You Graduate; Further Reading; Preparing for Examinations and Self-Assessment; Answers to Test Cases.