DESCRIPTION:
Postgraduate Haematology provides up-to-date knowledge of the pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory features, management and treatment of a wide range of blood and bone marrow disorders in a concise and user friendly style.

- Up-to-date knowledge of the pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory features and management of all blood disorders
- New sections reflect advances in the specialty, including knowledge gained from new generation sequencing, latest anticoagulant drugs, diagnostic laboratory tools, and treatment strategies
- Superb four-color illustrations and photomicrographs of blood cells and tissues throughout
- Includes algorithms to aid with decision-making for treatment
- Companion website includes figures and tables for download

CONTENTS:
1. Stem cells and haemopoiesis
2. Erythropoiesis
3. Iron metabolism iron deficiency and disorders of haem synthesis
4. Iron overload
5. Megaloblastic anaemia
6. Haemoglobin and the inherited disorders of globin synthesis
7. Sickle cell disease
8. Hereditary disorders of the red cell membrane and disorders of red cell metabolism
9. Acquired haemolytic anaemias
10. Inherited aplastic anaemia/bone marrow failure syndromes
11. Acquired aplastic anaemia and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
12. Red cell immunohaematology
13. Clinical blood transfusion
14. Phagocytes
15. Lysosomal storage disorders
16. Normal lymphocytes and non-neoplastic lymphocyte disorders
17. The spleen
18. The molecular basis of haematological malignancies
19. Laboratory diagnosis of haematological neoplasms
20. Acute myeloid leukaemia
21. Adult acute lymphoblastic Llukaemia
22. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
23. Supportive care in the management of leukaemia
24. Chronic myeloid leukaemia
25. The myelodysplastic syndromes
26. Myeloproliferative neoplasms
27. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and other chronic B-cell disorders
28. T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders
29. Multiple myeloma
30. Amyloidosis
31. The classification of lymphomas: updating the WHO classification
32. Hodgkin lymphoma
33. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: low grade
34. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: high grade
35. Stem cell transplantation
36. Normal haemostasis
37. The vascular function of platelets
38. Haemophilia and VonWillebrand disease
39. Rare inherited coagulation disorders
40. Acquired coagulation disorders
41. Congenital platelet disorders
42. Primary immune thrombocytopenia
43. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (congenital and acquired)
44. Heritable thrombophilia
45. Acquired venous thrombosis
46. Antithrombotic agents
47. Management of venous thromboembolism
48. Haematological aspects of systemic disease
49. Haematological aspects of tropical diseases
50. Neonatal haematology
51. WHO Classification: Tumours of the Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues (2008)