Normal bone marrow histology
CHAPTER 3 Normal bone marrow histology MT. Moonim, A. Porwit Chapter contents NORMAL BONE MARROW – GENERALITIES AND FUNCTION 45 BONE MARROW STRUCTURE 45 BONE MARROW TREPHINE BIOPSY 46 Processing…
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias
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Normal bone marrow cells: Development and cytology
CHAPTER 2 Normal bone marrow cells Development and cytology SN. Wickramasinghe, A. Porwit, WN. Erber Chapter contents HEMOPOIETIC CELLS 20 Embryonic hemopoiesis 20 Postnatal changes in the distribution of hemopoietic…
Histocompatibility: HLA and other systems
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Abnormalities in immunoglobulin synthesizing cells
CHAPTER 30 Abnormalities in immunoglobulin synthesizing cells FE. Davies, KC. Anderson Chapter contents MULTIPLE MYELOMA 452 Epidemiology and etiology 452 Biology 452 The cell of origin 452 Biology and growth…
Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms
CHAPTER 27 Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms M. Czader, A. Orazi Chapter contents INTRODUCTION 391 CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA 392 Definition and diagnostic criteria 392 Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features 392 Morphology and immunophenotypic…
Acquired disorders affecting megakaryocytes and platelets
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Essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis
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Myelodysplastic syndromes
CHAPTER 20 Myelodysplastic syndromes BS. Wilkins, A. Porwit Chapter Contents DEFINITION 303 EPIDEMIOLOGY 303 CLASSIFICATION 304 DIAGNOSIS 304 BLOOD-FILM EXAMINATION 306 Erythrocytes 306 Leukocytes 307 Platelets 308 BONE MARROW EXAMINATION…
