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Covering hematological aspects of areas such as pathology, molecular science, cancer, and general medicine, this guide is useful as a reference for general practice and hospital staff, hematologists and trainees in hematology. This second edition reflects advances in the understanding of the molecular biology of disease since the first edition was published in 1998. Provan teaches in the Department of Hematology at Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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ABC OF CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY: Second Edition Edited by DREW PROVAN BMJ Books ABC OF CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY Second Edition ABC OF CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY Second Edition Edited by DREW PROVAN Senior Lecturer, Department of Haematology, Bart’s and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London © BMJ Books 2003 BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. First published in 1998 Second edition 2003 by BMJ Books, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR www.bmjbooks.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7279 16769 Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed and bound in Spain by GraphyCems, Navarra Cover image: False colour SEM of blood with myeloid leukaemia. Robert Becker/Custom Medical Stock Photo/Science Photo Library. Contents Contributors vi Preface vii 1 Iron deficiency anaemia Drew Provan 1 2 Macrocytic anaemias Victor Hoffbrand, Drew Provan 5