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Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e is a concise and easy-to-navigate compilation of the pathogenic, diagnostic, and therapeutic essentials of blood cell and coagulation protein disorders. Referenced to the classic Williams Hematology, 8e, this handy, easily transported reference has been carefully edited to deliver only the most clinical point-of-care facts.
Covering both common and uncommon blood disorders, this complete guide includes sections on:
- Disorders of red cells
- Disorders of granulocytes
- Disorders of monocytes and macrophages
- The clonal myeloid disorders
- The polyclonal lymphoid diseases
- The clonal lymphoid and plasma cell diseases
- Disorders of platelets and hemostasis
- Disorders of coagulation proteins
- Transfusion and hemapheresis
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Contents
PART I: INITIAL CLINICAL EVALUATION
- 1. Approach to the Patient
PART II: DISORDERS OF RED CELLS
- 2. Classification of Anemias and Polycythemias
- 3. Aplastic Anemia: Acquired and Inherited
- 4. Pure Red Cell Aplasia
- 5. Anemia of Chronic Renal Disease
- 6. Anemia of Endocrine Disorders
- 7. Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemias
- 8. The Megaloblastic Anemias
- 9. Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Iron Overload
- 10. Anemia Resulting from Other Nutritional Deficiencies
- 11. Hereditary and Acquired Sideroblastic Anemias
- 12. Anemia Resulting from Marrow Infiltration
- 13. Anemia of Chronic Inflammation
- 14. Hereditary Spherocytosis, Elliptocytosis, and Related Disorders
- 15. Hemolytic Anemia Related to Red Cell Enzyme Defects
- 16. The Thalassemias
- 17. The Sickle Cell Diseases and Related Disorders
- 18. Hemoglobinopathies Associated with Unstable Hemoglobin
- 19. Methemoglobinemia and Other Dyshemoglobinemias
- 20. Traumatic Hemolytic Anemia, March and Sports-Related Hemoglobinuria, and Traumatic Cardiac Hemolytic Anemia
- 21. Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
- 22. Hemolytic Anemia Resulting from a Chemical or Physical Agent
- 23. Hemolytic Anemia Resulting from Infectious Agents
- 24. Hemolytic Anemia Resulting from Warm-Reacting Antibodies
- 25. Cryopathic Hemolytic Anemia
- 26. Drug-Induced Hemolytic Anemia
- 27. Alloimmune Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
- 28. Hypersplenism and Hyposplenism
- 29. Polyclonal Polycythemias (Primary and Secondary)
- 30. The Porphyrias
PART III: DISORDERS OF GRANULOCYTES
- 31. Classification and Clinical Manifestations of Neutrophil Disorders
- 32. Neutrophenia and Neutrophilia
- 33. Disorders of Neutrophil Functions
- 34. Eosinophils and Their Diseases
- 35. Basophils and Mast Cells and Their Diseases
PART IV: DISORDERS OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES
- 36. Monocytosis and Monocytopenia
- 37. Inflammatory and Malignant Histiocytosis
- 38. Lipid Storage Disease
PART V: PRINCIPLES OF THERAPY FOR NEOPLASTIC HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
- 39. Pharmacology and Toxicity for Antineoplastic Drugs
- 40. Principles of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
PART VI: THE CLONAL MYELOID DISORDERS
- 41. Classification and Clinical Manifestations of the Clonal Myeloid Disorders
- 42. Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Clonal Cytopenias and Oligoblastic Myelogenous Leukemia)
- 43. Polycythemia Vera
- 44. Primary and Familial Thombocythemia
- 45. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
- 46. The Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
- 47. The Chronic Myelogenous Leukemias
- 48. Primary Myelofibrosis
PART VII: THE POLYCLONAL LYMPHOID DISEASES
- 49. Classification of the Polyclonal Lymphoid Disorders
- 50. Lymphocytosis and Lymphocytopenia
- 51. Primary Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 52. The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 53. The Mononucleosis Syndromes
PART VIII: THE CLONAL LYMPHOID AND PLASMA CELL DISEASES
- 54. Classification and Clinical Manifestations of the Malignant Lymphoid Disorders
- 55. The Acute Lymphocytic Leukemias
- 56. The Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemias
- 57. Hairy Cell Leukemias
- 58. Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
- 59. Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 60. General Considerations of Lymphoma: Epidemiology, Etiology, Heterogeneity, and Primary Extranodal Disease
- 61. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- 62. Follicular Lymphomas
- 63. Mantle Cell Lymphoma
- 64. Marginal Zone-B-Cell Lymphoma
- 65. Burkitt Lymphoma
- 66. Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome)
- 67. Mature T-Cell and Natural Killer Cell Lymphomas
- 68. Essential Monoclonal Gammopathy
- 69. Myeloma
- 70. Macroglobulinemia
- 71. Heavy-Chain Diseases
- 72. Amyloidosis
PART IX: DISORDERS OF PLATELETS AND HEMOSTATIS
About the Author
- Marshall A. Lichtman, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
- Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, Senior Vice President, Health Sciences, Dean, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
- Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD, Evelyn and Edwin Tasch Chair in Cancer Research; Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Deputy Director for Research Operations, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
- Josef T. Prchal, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Genetics, Hematology Division, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Department of Pathophysiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic.
- Marcel M. Levi, MD, PhD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Product Details
- Paperback: 755 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 8 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 007162242X
- ISBN-13: 978-0071622424
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
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