Blood Cells (5^th Ed.) A Practical Guide

Langue : Anglais

Auteur : Bain Barbara J.

Résumé
Sommaire
Biographie

Enables both the haematologist and laboratory scientist to identify blood cell features, from the most common to the more obscure
Provides essential information on methods of collection, blood film preparation and staining, together with the principles of manual and automated blood counts
Completely revised and updated, incorporating much newly published information: now includes advice on further tests when a specific diagnosis is suspected
400 high quality photographs to aid with blood cell identification
Highlights the purpose and clinical relevance of haematology laboratory tests throughout

Introduction

Blood Sampling and Blood Film Preparation and Examination
Performing a Blood Count
Morphology of Blood Cells
Detecting Erroneous Blood Counts
Normal Ranges
Quantitative Changes in Blood Cells
Important Supplementary Tests
Disorders of Red Cells and Platelets
Disorders of White Cells

Index

Professor Barbara J. Bain's research interests are ethnic and other biological differences in haematological variables and cytogenetics in relation to haematological malignancy. She has a major interest in teaching, both undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as in the development of teaching resources such as videos, websites and DVDs. In addition, she has developed international teaching courses for haematologists, haematology trainees, haematopathologists, medical laboratory scientists and cytogeneticists. Amongst other collaborations with experts in the field, she has devised the WHO classification of tumours of the lymphoid haemopoietic systems.