ABC of clinical haematology / ABC of clinical hematology. edited by Drew Provan, Claire Harrison. - Fifth edition. - v, 122 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
Contributors iv

Preface to the Fifth Edition v

1 Iron Deficiency Anaemia 1
Catherine Booth and Drew Provan

2 Macrocytic Anaemia 7
Samah Babiker and Nita Prasannan

3 The Hereditary Anaemias 13
Rachel Kesse- Adu

4 Polycythaemia Vera Essential Thrombocythaemia and Myelofibrosis 19
Anna L. Godfrey and Claire Harrison

5 Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia 25
Hugues de Lavallade

6 The Acute Leukaemias 31
Michael Austin and Bela Patel

7 Platelet Disorders 39
Marie A. Scully and John Paul Westwood

8 Adult Myelodysplastic Syndrome 47
Sally B. Killick

9 Myeloma and Other Plasma Cell Dyscrasias 53
Sally Moore and Karthik Ramasamy

10 Bleeding Disorders Thrombosis and Anticoagulation 59
Vickie McDonald

11 Lymphoma 65
Karen Stanley and David Wrench

12 Stem Cell Transplantation 81
Michelle Escebedo- Cousin and Kirsty Thomson

13 Cellular Therapies 87
Reuben Benjamin

14 Paediatric Haematology 91
John D. Grainger and Lianna Reynolds

15 Amyloidosis with a Focus on Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis 101
Ayesha Shameem Mahmood

16 Haematological Emergencies 109
Vered Stavi and Igor Novitzky- Basso

Index 119

"Haematology has changed hugely in the four years that have elapsed since the fourth edition of the ABC of Clinical Haematology was published. Advances in basic sciences, molecular biology, and therapeutics have led to greater understanding of haematological diseases and provided much-needed treatments for many malignant and non-malignant disorders"--


About the Author
Drew Provan, Emeritus Reader in Autoimmune Haematology, Department of Haematology, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Claire Harrison, Professor of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Deputy Medical Director, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust UK.

9781119890744

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Hematology.
Hematologic Diseases--diagnosis.
Hematologic Diseases--therapy.
Hematologic Diseases--physiopathology.
Hematology.

RC633 / .A23 2023

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