Preface To The Second Edition |
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Acknowledgements |
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About The Companion Website |
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1 Introduction to Blood Science |
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1.1 What is Blood Science? |
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1.2 Clinical Biochemistry |
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1.7 The Role of Blood Science in Modern Healthcare |
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1.8 What this Book will Achieve |
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2 Analytical Techniques in Blood Science |
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2.3 Sample Identification and Tracking |
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2.4 Technical and Analytical Confidence |
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2.7 Point of Care Testing |
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2.8 Health and Safety in the Laboratory |
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3 The Physiology of the Red Blood Cell |
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3.2 The Development of Blood Cells |
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3.4 The Red Cell Membrane |
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3.5 The Cytoplasm of the Red Cell |
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3.7 Recycling the Red Cell |
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3.8 Red Cell Indices in the Full Blood Count |
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3.9 Morphology of the Red Cell |
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4 The Pathology of the Red Blood Cell |
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4.1 Introduction: Diseases of Red Cells |
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4.2 Anaemia Resulting from Attack on, or Stress to, the Bone Marrow |
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4.3 Anaemia Due to Micronutrient Deficiency |
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4.4 Intrinsic Defects in the Red Cell |
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4.5 External Factors Acting on Healthy Cells |
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4.6 Erythrocytosis and Polycythaemia |
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4.8 Molecular Genetics and Red Cell Disease |
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5 White Blood Cells in Health and Disease |
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5.9 White Cells in Clinical Medicine |
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6 White Blood Cell Malignancy |
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6.1 The Genetic Basis of Leukocyte Malignancy |
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6.2 Tissue Techniques in Haemato-oncology |
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6.5 Myeloma and Related Conditions |
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6.6 Myelofibrosis and Myelodysplasia |
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7 The Physiology and Pathology of Haemostasis |
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7.1 The Blood Vessel Wall |
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7.3 The Coagulation Pathway |
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7.4 Haemostasis as the Balance Between Thrombus Formation and Removal |
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7.5 The Haemostasis Laboratory |
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7.6 The Pathology of Thrombosis |
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8 The Diagnosis and Management of Disorders of Haemostasis |
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8.1 Thrombosis 1: Overactive Platelets and Thrombocytosis |
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8.2 Thrombosis 2: Overactive Coagulation |
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8.3 Haemorrhage 1: Platelet Underactivity and Thrombocytopenia |
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8.4 Haemorrhage 2: Coagulation Underactivity |
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8.5 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) |
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8.6 Molecular Genetics in Haemostasis |
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9.2 Immunopathology 1: Immunodeficiency |
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9.3 Immunopathology 2: Hypersensitivity |
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9.4 Immunopathology 3: Autoimmune Disease |
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9.6 The Immunology Laboratory |
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10 Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility |
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10.1 The Genetics of Antigen Recognition |
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10.2 Human Leucocyte Antigens (HLA) |
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10.3 Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation |
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10.5 Autoimmunity and HLA |
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The Basis of Transfusion Science |
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11.1 Blood Collection and Processing |
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11.3 Laboratory Practice of Blood Transfusion |
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11.4 Clinical Practice of Blood Transfusion |
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11.5 Hazards of Blood Transfusion |
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12 Waste Products, Electrolytes, and Renal Disease |
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12.1 Renal Anatomy and Physiology |
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13 Hydrogen Ions, pH, and Acid-Base Disorders |
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13.5 Mixed Acid-Base Conditions |
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13.6 Clinical Interpretation |
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13.7 Genetics of Acid/Alkali Homeostasis |
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14 Glucose, Lipids, and Atherosclerosis |
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15 Calcium, Phosphate, Magnesium, and Bone Disease |
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15.5 Disordersof Calcium Homeostasis |
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15.6 Disorders of Phosphate Homeostasis |
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15.7 Disordersof Magnesium Homeostasis |
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16 Nutrients and Gastrointestinal Disorders |
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16.2 Intestinal Tract Physiology |
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16.3 Intestinal Tract Pathology |
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17 Liver Function Tests and Plasma Proteins |
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17.1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver |
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17.2 Liver Function Tests |
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17.3 Diseases of the Liver |
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17.4 LFTs in Liver Disease |
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17.6 Molecular Genetics in Liver Disease |
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18.1 Endocrine Physiology |
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18.2 The Pathology of the Endocrine System |
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19 Cancer and Tumour Markers |
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19.1 General Concepts in Cancer Biology |
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19.2 Blood Science and Cancer |
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20 Inherited Metabolic Disorders |
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20.1 The Genetics of Inheritance |
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20.2 Molecular Inherited Metabolic Disorders |
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20.3 Organelle-Inherited Metabolic Disorders |
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20.4 Ante-natal Diagnosis and Neonatal Screening |
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21.2 Toxicology of Specific Compounds |
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21.3 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring |
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22 Case Reports in Blood Science |
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Further Reading |
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Appendix: Reference Ranges |
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Index |
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