Textbook of Pediatric Hematology & Hemato-Oncology is a highly illustrated, comprehensive guide to diseases and cancers of the blood in paediatrics.
Fifty chapters by internationally recognised paediatric haematologists and haemato-oncologists are grouped into seven sections, covering physiology, neonatal haematology, red blood cell and white blood cell disorders, bleeding disorders, transfusion medicine, haemato-oncology and other general topics.
The haemato-oncology section covers cancers of the blood and includes lymphoblastic leukaemia, myeloid leukaemia (chronic and acute), juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia, and bone marrow transplantation. The final general' section features discussion on gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies and biological response modifiers.
Each chapter is peer-reviewed, with a list of references ensuring authoritative content, and the book is further enhanced by nearly 200 images and illustrations. Textbook of Pediatric Hematology & Hemato-Oncology is an indispensable resource for paediatricians, practitioners and trainees.
Key Points
Comprehensive guide to paediatric diseases and cancers of the blood
50 peer reviewed chapters with references
198 images and illustrations
Table of Contents
SECTION-1 PHYSIOLOGY
1. Ontogeny of Erythropoiesis
2. Physiology of Blood Coagulation
3. Structure, Function and Physiology of Platelets

SECTION-2 NEONATAL HEMATOLOGY
4. Variation in the RBC Parameters in the Newborn
5. Physiological Anemia of Newborn, Anemia of Prematurity and Role of Erythropoietin in the Management
6. Effect of Maternal Iron Status on Placenta, Fetus and Newborn
7. Developmental Aspects of Hemostasis in the Fetus and Newborn
8. Anemia in the Newborn
9. Polycythemia and Hyperviscosity Syndrome
10. Vitamin K Deficiency: Bleeding in Newborns
11. Bleeding Neonate: Approach and Management
12. Approach to Neonatal Thrombocytopenia

SECTION-3 RBC and WBC DISORDER
13. Introduction and Classification of Anemias in Children
14. Nutritional Anemia in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescents
15. Megaloblastic Anemia
16. Anemia of Chronic Disease
17. Thalassemia Syndromes
18. Sickle Cell Anemia in Children
19. Antenatal Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathies
20. Red Cell Membrane Disorders (spherocytosis, elliptocytosis, stomatocytosis)
21. Red Cell Enzymopathy
22. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
23. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
24. Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Aplastic Anemia in Children
25. Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
26. Benign Disorders of Neutrophils

SECTION-4 BLEEDING DISORDERS
27. Approach to a Bleeding Child
28. Diagnosis and Management of Hemophilia Patients
29. Von Willebrand Disease and the Other Rare Coagulation Disorders
30. Acquired Inhibitors of Coagulation
31. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Diagnosis and Management
32. Platelet Function Disorders
33. Pediatric Thrombosis
34. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Neonates

SECTION-5 TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
35. Blood Components in Pediatric Practice
36. Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing
37. Transfusion Transmitted Infections
38. Noninfectious Hazards of Blood Transfusion

SECTION-6 HEMATO-ONCOLOGY
39. Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
40. Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
41. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
42. Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
43. Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma
44. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children and Adolescents
45. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
46. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Revisited
47. Bone Marrow Transplantation

SECTION-7 GENERAL
48. Gene Therapy
49. Monoclonal Antibodies in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
50. Biological Response Modifiers