Postgraduate Haematology

A. Victor Hoffbrand, MA, DM, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCP (Edin), DSc, FMedSci Emeritus Professor of Haematology at University College, London. He is distinguished for his research and as an author of internationally read textbooks of haematology. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1935. Daniel Catovsky, MD, DSc (Med), FRCPath, FRCP, FMedSci Emeritus Professor of Haematology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK. Edward G.D. Tuddenham, MD, FRCP, FRCPath Professor of Haemophilia at University College London and Director of the Haemophilia Centre at Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Contributors. Preface to the fifth edition. Preface to the first edition. 1 Stem Cells and Haemopoiesis. 2 Erythropoiesis. 3 Iron deficiency/ metabolism. 4 Iron overload. 5 Megaloblastic Anaemia. 6 Haemoglobin Defects. 7 Sickle Cell Anaemia. 8 Red Cell Membrane Disorders. 9 Red Cell Metabollic Disorders. 10 PNH. 11 Acquired HA. 12 Acquired Aplastic Anaemia. 13 Inherited Aplastic Anaemia. 14 Immunohaematology: Introduction. 15 Antigens in Human Blood. 16 Clinical Blood Transfusion. 17 Phagocytic white blood cells and their role in the host defence system. 18 Haemopoietic Growth Factors. 19 Storage Disorders. 20 Lymphocytes. 21 Immune Deficiency. 22 HIV. 23 Tissue Typing. 24 Stem Cell Transplantation. 25 Non-Myelopablative Transplantation. 26 Gene Therapy for Haematological Disorders. 27 Molecular Basis of Leukaemia and Lymphoma. 28 Classification of Acute Leukaemia. 29 Cytogenetics of Acute Leukaemia. 30 Clinical and Treatment Aspects of AML. 31 Adult AML. 32 Childhood AML. 33 Minimal Residual Disease in Acute Leukaemia. 34 Multi-Drug Resistance in Leukaemia. 35 Supportive Care in the Management of Acute Leukaemia. 36 Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia. 37 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia. 38 T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Diseases. 39 Myelodysplastic Syndrome. 40 Myeloma. 41 Amyloidosis. 42Classification of Lymphomas. 43 Management of Hodgkin's Disease. 44 Management of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. 45 Myeloproliferative Disorders. 46 Normal Haemostasis. 47 Platelets. 48 Congenital Bleeding- X linked disorders and Von Willebrand Disease. 49 (Rare Bleeding Disorders) Congenital Bleeding- autosomal recessive disorders. 50 Acquired Bleeding Disorders. 51 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (congenital and acquired) and Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome. 52 Thrombosis- Congenital. 53 Venous Thrombosis- Acquired. 54 Management of Venous Thrombotic Disorders. 55 Congenital Platelet Disorders. 56 Acquired Immune Platelet Disorders. 57 Athero-thrombosis, Thrombolysis & Antiplatelets. 58 Haematological Aspects of Systemic Diseases. 59 Haematological Aspects of Tropical Diseases. 60 Neonatal Haematology. 61 Laboratory Practice. . Appendix 1: Normal Values. Appendix 2: WHO Classification of tumours of haemopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Index. .