Concise Guide to Hematology

List of Contributors ix   Preface xii    1 Introduction to Hematology 1  Alvin H. Schmaier    2 Hematopoiesis 6  Yuan Lin and Stanton L. Gerson    3 Red Blood Cell Biochemistry and Physiology 16  Kevin T. McDonagh    4 Anemia: Clinical Approach 24  Peter W. Marks    5 Iron Deficiency 35  Alice Ma    6 Vitamin-B12 (Cobalamin) and Folate Deficienc, 44  As'ok C. Antony    7 Congenital Hemolytic Anemia, 62  Archana M. Agarwal and Josef T. Prchal    8 Acquired Hemolytic Anemia, 75  Scott D. Gitlin    9 Overview of Hemostasi, 91  Alvin H. Schmaier    10 Approach to the Bleeding Patien, 103  Alvin H. Schmaier    11 Congenital Bleeding Disorder, 112  Anjali A. Sharathkumar and Steven W. Pipe    12 Acquired Bleeding Disorder, 131  Howard A. Liebman    13 Platelet Function in Hemostasis and Inherited Disorders of Platelet Number and Function 140  A. Koneti Rao and David W. Essex    14 Acquired Thrombocytopenia 154  Theodore E. Warkentin and Andrew E. Warkentin    15 Thrombosis and Anticoagulation 174  Alvin H. Schmaier    16 Myeloid Cell Physiology and Disorders 184  Alvin H. Schmaier, Lilli M. Petruzzelli, Niels Borregaard and Laurence A. Boxer    17 Bone Marrow Structure and Diagnostic Testing 197  Howard J. Meyerson and Hillard M. Lazarus    18 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplastic Syndromes 220  Gabriela Motyckova and Richard M. Stone    19 Acute Leukemia 235  Tsila Zuckerman and Jacob M. Rowe    20 Classifi cation of Lymphoma 251  Yi-Hua Chen and Amy Chadburn    21 Clinical Evaluation and Management of Lymphoma 268  Makiko Ban-Hoefen, Jonathan W. Friedberg and Richard I. Fisher    22 Plasma Cell Disorders 287  Sumit Madan and Philip R. Greipp    23 Pediatric Hematology 307  Sanjay P. Ahuja    24 Blood Banking 319  Lawrence Tim Goodnough    25 Transfusion Therapy 332  Beth H. Shaz and Christopher D. Hillyer    26 Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation 344  Hillard M. Lazarus    27 Atlas of Hematology Slides 363  Alvin H. Schmaier    Index 389