Blood Cell Morphology in Health and Disease

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Chapter Outline Examination of blood films 62 Red cell morphology 62 Abnormal erythropoiesis 63 Anisocytosis (ανισοζ, unequal) and poikilocytosis (ποικιλοζ, varied) 63 Macrocytes 65 Microcytes 65 Basophilic stippling 66 Inadequate…

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Erythrocyte and Leucocyte Cytochemistry

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Chapter Outline Erythrocyte cytochemistry 312 Siderocytes and sideroblasts 312 Haemoglobin derivatives 315 Leucocyte cytochemistry 317 Myeloperoxidase 318 Sudan Black B 319 Neutrophil alkaline phosphatase 319 Acid phosphatase reaction, including tartrate-resistant…

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Investigation of Haemostasis

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Chapter Outline Components of normal haemostasis 367 The blood vessel 367 Platelets 368 Blood coagulation 369 Inhibitors of coagulation 372 The fibrinolytic system 372 General approach to investigation of haemostasis…

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Laboratory Aspects of Blood Transfusion

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Chapter Outline Technology and automation in blood transfusion laboratories 472 Pretransfusion compatibility systems 473 Documentation of the transfusion process 474 Blood samples and their storage requirements 474 Quality assurance in…

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Quality Assurance

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Chapter Outline Standardisation 533 Reference preparations and control materials 535 Haemoglobin reference preparations 535 Quality control preparations 536 Quality assurance procedures 536 Internal quality control procedures 537 Control charts 537…

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Haematology in Under-Resourced Laboratories

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Chapter Outline Introduction: types of laboratories 547 Organisation of clinical laboratory services 547 Level 1: primary and subdistrict laboratories 548 Level 2: intermediate (district) level laboratories 548 Level 3: regional…

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Immunophenotyping by Flow Cytometry

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Chapter Outline Principles of flow cytometric immunophenotyping 330 Multicolour flow cytometric immunophenotyping 331 Methods 332 Detection of membrane antigens 333 Detection of surface immunoglobulin 334 Detection of intracellular antigens 335…

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