CHAPTER 1. An overview of clinical laboratory hematology
CHAPTER 2. Safety in the hematology laboratory
CHAPTER 3. Blood specimen collection
CHAPTER 4. Care and use of the microscope
CHAPTER 5. Quality assurance in hematology and hemostasis testing
CHAPTER 6. Cellular structure and function
CHAPTER 8. Erythrocyte production and destruction
CHAPTER 9. Erythrocyte metabolism and membrane structure and function
CHAPTER 10. Hemoglobin metabolism
CHAPTER 11. Iron kinetics and laboratory assessment
CHAPTER 12. Leukocyte development, kinetics, and functions
CHAPTER 13. Platelet production, structure, and function
CHAPTER 14. Manual, semiautomated, and point-of-care testing in hematology
CHAPTER 15. Automated blood cell analysis
CHAPTER 16. Examination of the peripheral blood film and correlation with the complete blood count
CHAPTER 17. Bone marrow examination
CHAPTER 18. Body fluid analysis in the hematology laboratory
CHAPTER 19. Anemias: Red blood cell morphology and approach to diagnosis
CHAPTER 20. Disorders of iron kinetics and heme metabolism
CHAPTER 21. Anemias caused by defects of DNA metabolism
CHAPTER 22. Bone marrow failure
CHAPTER 23. Introduction to increased destruction of erythrocytes
CHAPTER 24. Intrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction
CHAPTER 25. Extrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction—nonimmune causes
CHAPTER 26. Extrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction—immune causes
CHAPTER 27. Hemoglobinopathies (structural defects in hemoglobin)
CHAPTER 29. Nonmalignant leukocyte disorders
CHAPTER 31. Molecular diagnostics in hematopathology
CHAPTER 32. Flow cytometric analysis in hematologic disorders
CHAPTER 33. Myeloproliferative neoplasms
CHAPTER 34. Myelodysplastic syndromes
CHAPTER 36. Mature lymphoid neoplasms
CHAPTER 37. Normal hemostasis and coagulation
CHAPTER 38. Hemorrhagic disorders and laboratory assessment
CHAPTER 39. Thrombotic disorders and laboratory assessment
CHAPTER 40. Thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis
CHAPTER 41. Qualitative disorders of platelets and vasculature
CHAPTER 42. Laboratory evaluation of hemostasis
CHAPTER 43. Antithrombotic therapies and their laboratory assessment
CHAPTER 44. Hemostasis and coagulation instrumentation
CHAPTER 45. Pediatric and geriatric hematology and hemostasis