Table of Contents

I Anemia and Other Cytopenias.- 1 A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Anemia.- 2 Specific Anemia Syndromes and Their Management.- 3 The Thalassemia Syndromes and the Hemoglobinopathies.- 4 Sickle Cell Disorders.- 5 Practical Aspects in the Diagnosis and Management of Anlastic Anemia.- 6 Differential Diagnosis of Neutropenia.- 7 Causes and Management of Isolated Thrombocytopenia.- II Primary and Secondary Myeloproliferative Disorders.- 8 An Approach to the Patient With Erythrocytosis.- 9 Differential Diagnosis and Management of Thrombocytosis.- 10 Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases: Polycythemia Vera and Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia.- 11 An Approach to the Patient With Myelodysplasia.- 12 The Eosinophil and Eosinophilia.- III Leukemias and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.- 13 Leukocytosis and the Chronic Leukemias.- 14 Acute Leukemia.- 15 Blood and Marrow Transplantation.- IV Lymphoid and Plasma Cell Disorders.- 16 Lymphadenopathy.- 17 Hodgkin’s Disease and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.- 18 An Evaluation of Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathies.- 19 Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders.- V Thrombotic and Bleeding Disorders.- 20 An Overview of the Hemostatic System and Interpretation of Common Screening Coagulation Tests.- 21 Bleeding Disorders: An Overview and Clinical Practice.- 22 Thrombogenesis and Thrombotic Disorders.- VI Miscellaneous Topics in Hematology.- 23 Transfusion Medicine: Practical Issues.- 24 Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Disease for All Physicians.- 25 Hematologic Manifestations of HIV Disease.- 26 Hematopoietic Growth Factors in Clinical Practice.- 27 A Primer of Chemotherapy.- 28 An Approach to Porphyria.- 29 Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients With Hematologic Diseases.- 30 Statistical Methods Frequently Used in Hematology Research.

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