Haematology

DEBORAH HAY, DPhil, MRCP, FRCPath, Clinical Tutor for Laboratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science and Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford; Honorary Consultant Haematologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. ANDREW KING, DPhil, MRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Haematologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. MICHAEL DESBOROUGH, DPhil, MRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Haematologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford; Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

• Preface viiAbout the companion website ix1 An introduction to haematopoiesis 12 The blood count in health and disease 153 Anaemia: general principles 234 Haemolytic anaemias 395 Disorders of globin synthesis 556 An introduction to haematological malignancies 717 Cellular and molecular investigations in haematology 798 Neoplastic disorders of myeloid cells 919 Neoplastic disorders of lymphoid cells 10510 Plasma cell myeloma and other paraproteinaemias 12111 Aplastic anaemia and pure red cell aplasia 13112 Stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy 13713 Haemostasis and bleeding disorders 14714 Thrombosis and anticoagulant therapy 16315 Blood groups and blood transfusion 173Index 187