Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice

Part I: Mollecular and Cellular Basis of Hematology. Anatomy and Physiology of the Gene. Protein Synthesis and Intracellular Sorting. Protein Architecture: Relationship of Form and Function. Membrane Biology. Cell Adhesion. Cellular Regulatory and Control Mechanism. Part II: Immunologic Basis of Hematology. Overview of the Immune System (including Compartmentalization of the Immune Response). Generation of B-cells. T-cell Immunity. Regulation of Activation of B and T-cells. Tolerance and Autoimmunity. Part III: Biology of Stem Cells and Disorders of Hematopoiesis. Stem Cell Model of Hematopoiesis. Anatomy and Physiology of Hematopoiesis. Growth Factors and the Control of Hematopoiesis. Biology of Erythropoiesis, Erythroid Differentiation and Maturation. Granulopoiesis and Monocytopoiesis. Thrombocytopoiesis. Inherited Forms of Bone Marrow Failure. Aplastic Anemia. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria. Pure Red Blood Cell Aplasia. Part IV: Red Blood Cells. Pathobiology of the Red Cell. Approach to the Adult and Child with Anemia. Anemia of Chronic Diseases. Erythrocytosis. Disorders of Iron Metabolism: Iron Deficiency and Overload. Heme Biosynthesis and Its Disorders: Porphyrias and Sideroblastic Anemias. Megaloblastic Anemias. Thalassemia Syndromes. Sickle Cell Disease. Hemoglobin Variants Associated with Hemolytic Anemia, Altered Oxygen Affinity, and Methemoglobinemias. Enzymopathies. Red Cell Membrane Disorders. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias. Extrinsic Nonimmune Hemolytic Anemias. Part V: Host Defense and Its Disorders. Immunoglobulins: Structure, Function, and Uses. Complement Biology. Neutrophil Structure and Function. Monocyte and Macrophage Development and Function. Eosinophils and the Hypereosinophilic Syndrome. Disorders of the Phagocyte Function. Disorders of the Lymphocyte Function. Histiocytic Syndromes. Lysosomal Storage Disease. Infectious Mononucleosis and Other Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Diseases. Spleen and Its Disorders. Systemic Mastocytosis. Part VI: Hemat