editors Martin R. Howard, Peter J. Hamilton ; illustrated by Robert Britton and Antbits Ltd.
(4th ed.)
--Edinburgh, UK:
Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
, c2013.
The bone marrow -- Red cells -- Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and monocytes -- Lymphocytes -- The spleen -- Haemostasis -- History taking -- Examining the patient -- Laboratory haematology I - Blood and bone marrow -- Laboratory haematology II - Coagulation and the acute phase response -- Introduction and classification -- Iron deficiency anaemia -- Megaloblastic anaemia -- Haemolytic anaemia I - General features and inherited disorders -- Haemolytic anaemia II - Acquired disorders -- The thalassaemias -- Sickle cell syndromes -- Anaemia of chronic disease -- Introduction -- Acute myeloid leukaemia -- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia -- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia -- Other leukaemias -- The myelodysplastic syndromes -- Aplastic anaemia -- Chemotherapy and related treatments -- Stem cell transplantation -- Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Myeloma -- Polycythaemia -- Essential thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis -- Thrombocytopenia -- Disorders of platelet function and vascular purpuras -- Haemophilia -- Von Willebrand disease and other inherited coagulation disorders -- Acquired disorders of coagulation -- Thrombophilia -- Anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy -- Blood groups and blood testing -- Clinical practice -- The immunosuppressed patient -- Pregnancy -- Paediatric haematology -- Haematology in the elderly -- Palliative care in haematological malignancy -- Systemic disease -- The developing world -- Molecular biology -- Potential advances in treatment -- Venepuncture and venous access -- Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy -- Appendices -- Case histories.