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Barbara J.Bain MB BS, FRACP, FRCPath, Professor of Diagnostic Haematology, St Mary s Hospital Campus, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St Mary s Hospital London, UK

Haematologist: learn the basics * Normal blood and bone marrow cells * Abnormalities of red cells and platelets * Abnormalities of white cells * How to examine a blood film * How to examine a bone marrow aspirate * How to examine a trephine biopsy section MASTER CLASSES Red Cells * Hypochromia, microcytosis and microcytic anaemias * Macrocytosis and macrocytic anaemias * Haemoglobinopathies and thalassaemias * Congenital haemolytic anaemias * Acquired haemolytic anaemias * Sideroblastic and dyserythropoietic anaemias * Aplastic and hypoplastic anaemias * Polycythaemia Platelets and Blood Coagulation * Inherited abnormalities of platelets and megakaryocytes * Acquired abnormalities of platelets and megakaryocytes * Normal coagulation, haemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders and anticoagulant therapy Infections and reactive changes in white cells * Reactive changes in white cells * Bacterial infection * Viral infection including AIDS * Fungal infections * Parasitic infections Haematological changes and systemic diseases * The liver and biliary tract * Kidneys * The mouth, pharynx and gastrointestinal tract * Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases * The spleen and hyposplenism * Lymph nodes * The eyes * The skin and nails * Bone and joints * Central nervous syndrome * Cardiovascular system and lungs Myeloid and acute lymphoid neoplasms * Acute myeloid leukaemia the FAB classification * Acute lymphoblastic leukaemias the FAB classification * Acute myeloid leukaemia the WHO classification * Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia the WHO classification * Mixed phenotype acute leukaemia the WHO classification * The myelodysplastic syndromes * Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms * Myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms with rearrangement of PDGFRA, PDGFRB or FGFR1 * Histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Plasma Cell Neoplasms * Mature B-cell neoplasms * Mature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms * Hodgkin lymphoma * Multiple myeloma and related conditions Non-haemopoietic neoplasms * Carcinoma * Other non-haemopoietic neoplasms Macrophages/histiocytes and disorders of bone and stroma * Macrophages * Langerhans cells * Disorders of bone and stroma Medical Treatment and its Complications * Treatment of haematological neoplasms * Drug-induced changes in blood and bone marrow cells and coagulation factors Inherited Disorders affecting blood cells or the bone marrow * Inherited disorders Laboratory Tests * Automated instruments * Cytogenetic and FISH analysis * Immunophenotyping * Blood transfusion * Platelet aggregation * Other laboratory tests Odds and Ends * Lead * Arsenic * Copper * Alcohol * Cigarette smoking * Geographical haematology * Various