| Description |
x, 374 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. Overview of Anemia -- 1. Principles of Anemia Evaluation -- 2. Anemia and Age -- 3. Anemia and Ethnicity -- 4. Anemia and Pregnancy -- 5. Cancer and Anemia -- 6. Malaria and the Red Cell -- Sect. II. Nutrition and Anemia -- 7. Iron Deficiency -- 8. Nutritional Anemias -- Sect. III. Hormone Deficiency -- 9. Anemia and Endocrine Hormones -- Sect. IV. Stem Cell Dysfunction -- 10. Pediatric Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes -- 11. Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes -- 12. The Myelodysplastic Syndromes -- Sect. V. Hemoglobin Disorders -- 13. Sickle Cell Disease -- 14. Thalassemia -- Sect. VI. Enzymopathies -- 15. G6PD Deficiency -- 16. Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency -- Sect. VII. Membrane Disorders -- 17. Anemias Associated with Erythrocyte Membrane Abnormalities -- Sect. VIII. Immune Dysfunction -- 18. Erythroblastosis Fetalis (Immune Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn) -- 19. Immune Hemolytic Anemia |
| Summary |
Although monographs exist on various sub-types of anemia and red cell disorders, no book to date has emerged that consolidates authoritative clinical coverage of these areas into a single, comprehensive resource |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Anemia.
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Erythrocyte disorders.
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Anemia.
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Bone Marrow Diseases.
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Erythrocytes -- pathology.
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| Author |
Bridges, Kenneth R.
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Pearson, Howard A.
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| LC no. |
2007015659 |
| ISBN |
0071419403 |
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9780071419406 |
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