Primary Hematology edited by Ayalew Tefferi.

The discipline of hematology ranges widely from the diagnosis and management of anemia to hematologic malignancies and transfusion medicine, and involves significant ethical issues and problems in statistical interpretation. In Primary Hematology, Ayalew Tefferi, MD, and a team of authoritative prac...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tefferi, Ayalew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Anemia and Other Cytopenias
  • 1 A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Anemia
  • 2 Specific Anemia Syndromes and Their Management
  • 3 The Thalassemia Syndromes and the Hemoglobinopathies
  • 4 Sickle Cell Disorders
  • 5 Practical Aspects in the Diagnosis and Management of Anlastic Anemia
  • 6 Differential Diagnosis of Neutropenia
  • 7 Causes and Management of Isolated Thrombocytopenia
  • II Primary and Secondary Myeloproliferative Disorders
  • 8 An Approach to the Patient With Erythrocytosis
  • 9 Differential Diagnosis and Management of Thrombocytosis
  • 10 Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases: Polycythemia Vera and Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
  • 11 An Approach to the Patient With Myelodysplasia
  • 12 The Eosinophil and Eosinophilia
  • III Leukemias and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • 13 Leukocytosis and the Chronic Leukemias
  • 14 Acute Leukemia
  • 15 Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • IV Lymphoid and Plasma Cell Disorders
  • 16 Lymphadenopathy
  • 17 Hodgkin’s Disease and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  • 18 An Evaluation of Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathies
  • 19 Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders
  • V Thrombotic and Bleeding Disorders
  • 20 An Overview of the Hemostatic System and Interpretation of Common Screening Coagulation Tests
  • 21 Bleeding Disorders: An Overview and Clinical Practice
  • 22 Thrombogenesis and Thrombotic Disorders
  • VI Miscellaneous Topics in Hematology
  • 23 Transfusion Medicine: Practical Issues
  • 24 Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Disease for All Physicians
  • 25 Hematologic Manifestations of HIV Disease
  • 26 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Clinical Practice
  • 27 A Primer of Chemotherapy
  • 28 An Approach to Porphyria
  • 29 Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients With Hematologic Diseases
  • 30 Statistical Methods Frequently Used in Hematology Research.