Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stem cells and haemopoiesis / Myrtle Gordon -- Erythropoiesis / Douglas R. Higgs and William G. Wood -- Iron metabolism, iron deficiency, and disorders of haem synthesis / Mark Worwood and A. Victor Hoffbrand -- Iron overload / A. Victor Hoffbrand and Mark Worwood -- Megaloblastic anaemia / A. Victor Hoffbrand and Ralph Green -- Haemoglobin and the inherited disorders of globin synthesis / David J. Weatherall -- Sickle cell disease / Ashutosh Lal and Elliott P. Vichinsky -- Hereditary disorders of the red cell membrane / Edward C. Gordon-Smith -- Disorders of red cell metabolism / Edward C. Gordon-Smith -- Acquired haemolytic anaemias / Edward C. Gordon-Smith and Judith C.W. Marsh -- Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria / Lucio Luzzatto and Rosario Notaro -- Inherited aplastic anaemia/bone marrow failure syndromes / Inderjeet S. Dokal -- Acquired aplastic anaemia, other aquired bone marrow failure disorders, and dyserythropoiesis / Edward C. Gordon-Smith and Judith C.W. Marsh -- Red cell immunohaematology: introduction / Marcela Contreras and Geoff Daniels --;Antigens in human blood / Marcela Contreras and Geoff Daniels -- Clinical blood transfusion / Marcela Contreras, Clare P.F. Taylor and John A. Barbara -- Phagocytic / Farhad Ravandi and Ronald Hoffman -- Haemopoietic growth factors / Jenny L. Byrne and Nigel H. Russell -- Lysosomal storage disorders / Atul B. Mehta and Derralynn A. Hughes -- Normal lymphocytes and non-neoplastic lymphocyte disorders / Mark T. Drayson and Paul A. H. Moss -- The spleen / S. Mitchell Lewis -- Immunodeficiency diseases / A. David B. Webster -- Haematology in HIV disease / Christine Costello -- Histocompatibility / Ann-Margaret Little, Steven G.E. Marsh and J. Alexandro Madrigal -- Stem cell transplantation / Charles Craddock and Ronjon Chakraverty -- Non-myeloablative transplantation / Kirsty J. Thomson, Michael Potter and Stephen Mackinnon -- Gene therapy of haemopoietic disorders / Raphae??l F. Rousseau and Malcolm K. Brenner --;The molecular basis of leukaemia and lymphoma / Peter J. Campbell, Anthony J. Bench and Anthony R. Green -- Diagnosis and classification of acute leukaemia / Barbara J. Bain -- Cytogenetics of acute leukaemia lymphoma / Christine J. Harrison -- Acute myeloid leukaemia / Alan K. Burnett -- Adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia / Dieter Hoelzer and Nicola Go??kbuget -- Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia / Der-Cherng Liang and Ching-Hon Pui -- Minimal residual disease in acute leukaemia / Letizia Foroni, Paula M. Gameiro, and A. Victor Hoffbrand -- Multidrug resistance in leukaemia / Jean-Pierre Marie and Ollivier Legrand -- Supportive care in the management of leukaemia / Archibald G. Prentice and J. Peter Donnelly -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia / John M. Goldman and Tariq I. Mughal -- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and other B-cell disorders / Daniel Catovsky -- T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders / Estella Matutes --;The myelodysplastic syndrome / David G. Oscier and Sally B. Killick -- Myeloma / Evangelos Terpos and Amin Rahemtulla -- Amyloidosis / Hugh J.B. Goodman and Philip N. Hawkins -- The classification of lymphomas / Peter G. Isaacson -- Hodgkin's lymphoma / Lynny Yung and David Linch -- Aetiology and management of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma / Irit Avivi and Anthony H. Goldstone -- Myeloproliferative disorders / George Vassiliou and Anthony R. Green -- Normal haemostasis / Geoffrey Kemball-Cook, Edward G.D. Tuddenham, and John H. McVey -- The vascular function of platelets / Stephen P. Watson and Paul Harrison -- Inherited bleeding disorders / Michael A. Laffan and Christine A. Lee -- Congenital bleeding: autosomal recessive disorders / Flora Peyvandi and Pier M. Mannucci -- Acquired coagulation disorders and vascular bleeding / Michael J. Nash ... [et al.] -- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (congenital and acquired) / Pier M. Mannucci and Flora Peyvandi --;Inherited thrombophilia / Isobel D. Walker -- Acquired venous thrombosis / Beverley J. hunt and Michael Greaves -- Management of venous thromboembolism / Sam Schulman -- Congenital platelet disorders / Maurizio Margaglione -- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura: pathophysiology in patients with persistent problems / April Chiu, Wayne Tam, Doug Cines and James B. Bussel -- Atherothrombosis, thrombolysis and anti-platelets / Lucinda K.M. Summers, Stephen P. Marso and Peter J. Grant -- Haematological aspects of systemic disease / Atul B. Mehta and A Victor Hoffbrand -- Haematological aspects of tropical diseases / Imelda Bates and Ivy Ekem -- Neonatal Haematology / Irene A.G. Roberts -- Laboratory practice / S. Mitchell Lewis.