Attempting to encompass adequately the new knowledge that has accrued in the past five years and at the same time produce a readable, single-volume work has been a great challenge to the editors. To accomplish this goal we decided to eliminate the section of the book pertaining to laboratory techniques. This part of the book had been a valuable feature since the First Edition and seemed to fill an important need. More than most medical specialties, hematology is laboratorybased, and having ready access to the required techniques is essential. When we published our first edition it was quite possible for a clinical trainee to take the book to the laboratory and to perform many of the studies that were needed to establish a diagnosis, sometimes, perhaps, with the aid of an experienced special hematology technician. The automation of laboratory procedures has dramatically diminished the role of trainees in performing assays, and while this trend has undoubtedly improved the reliability of the results, it has made it less important for trainees to have detailed information about the specifics of the assays. It does not, however, diminish our belief that trainees should know how the studies are performed and critically interpreted; therefore, we have included discussion of important elements of tests and their interpretation in the text of relevant chapters, In addition, we encourage trainees to consult other standard references or the manuals supplied by the instrument and assay manufacturers or the manuals supplied by the instrument and assay manufacturers for details that we may not have been able to include in this text.
【目录】
CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
SI UNIT CONVERSION TABLE
PART 1 CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT
CHAPTER 1 APPROACH TO THE PATIENT
CHAPTER 2 EXAMINATION OF THE BLOOD
CHAPTER 3 EXAMINATION OF THE MARROW
PART 2 GENERAL HEMATOLOGY
CHAPTER 4 STRUCTURE OF THE MARROW AND THE THMATOPOLETIC MICROENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 5 THE LYMPHOID TISSUES
CHAPTER 6 THE INLAMMATORY RESPONSE
CHAPTER 7 HEMATOLOGY OF THE NEWBORN
CHAPTER 8 HEMATOLOGY IN THE AGED
PART 3 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR HEMATOLOGY
PART 4 THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES
PART 5 THE ERYTHROCYTE
PART 6 NEUTROPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, BASOPHILS AND MAST CELLS
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