Chapter Outline HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS History Prevalence and Genetics Clinical Presentation Etiology: Membrane Protein Defects Pathophysiology Laboratory Characteristics Differential Diagnosis Conditions That Camouflage Hereditary Spherocytosis Complications Splenectomy Other Therapies Animal and…
Chapter Outline PREVALENCE AND MULTIPLE CAUSES OF ANEMIA IN THE THIRD WORLD HEMATOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC INFECTIONS IN THE TROPICS Malaria Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) Schistosomiasis Trypanosomiasis Hookworm Bartonellosis Complex…
Chapter Outline HUMAN HEMOGLOBINS: COMPOSITION AND GENETICS Globin Gene Structure Regulation of Globin Gene Expression CLASSIFICATION OF THE THALASSEMIAS Origin of Thalassemia Mutations: The Influence of Malaria Classes of Mutations…
Chapter Outline OVERVIEW OF COAGULATION Initiation Propagation Termination Flow Regulation THE VITAMIN K–DEPENDENT PROTEIN FAMILY Factor VII (Proconvertin, Convertin) Factor IX (Plasma Thromboplastin Component, Christmas Factor, Hemophilia B Factor) Factor…
Chapter Outline HEMOPHILIA A AND HEMOPHILIA B Pathophysiology Demographics and Classification Clinical Manifestations Musculoskeletal Bleeding Life-Threatening Hemorrhages Preparation for Surgery Miscellaneous Hemorrhages Long-Term Complications of Joint Bleeding Symptomatic Carriers Laboratory…
Chapter Outline EPIDEMIOLOGY PRENATAL ORIGIN OF INFANT LEUKEMIA RISK FACTORS BIOLOGY OF MIXED-LINEAGE LEUKEMIA TRANSLOCATIONS ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA Clinical and Biologic Features Prognostic Factors and Outcomes Treatment ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA…
Chapter Outline THE LYSOSOMAL SYSTEM Morphology and Physiology Biosynthesis and Biogenesis Pathogenesis OVERVIEW OF LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES AND THEIR DIAGNOSES The Sphingolipidoses The Mucopolysaccharidoses Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Mucolipidosis Type II/…
Chapter Outline QUANTITATIVE PLATELET ABNORMALITIES Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytosis ACQUIRED DEFECTS IN PLATELET FUNCTION Drug-Induced Platelet Dysfunction Platelet Abnormalities Associated with Systemic Diseases Platelets play a critical role in hemostasis. When the…
Chapter Outline FIBRINOGEN DISORDERS Hypofibrinogenemia and Afibrinogenemia Dysfibrinogenemia PROTHROMBIN DISORDERS Factor V Deficiency Combined Deficiency of Factor V and Factor VIII Factor X Deficiency Factor VII Deficiency Factor XI Deficiency…
Chapter Outline PRINCIPLES OF CANCER PREDISPOSITION IDENTIFICATION OF A CHILD WITH A CONDITION PREDISPOSING TO CANCER Features of Family History Suggestive of a Heritable Predisposition to Cancer Tumor Features Suggestive…
