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Record Nr.

UNISA996213069603316

Autore

Bain Barbara J

Titolo

Blood cells [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide / / Barbara J. Bain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006

ISBN

1-280-74880-X

1-78034-579-8

9786610748808

0-470-76420-1

0-470-98755-3

1-4051-7160-X

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Disciplina

612.1/1

612.11

Soggetti

Blood cells

Blood cell count

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Blood Cells A Practical Guide; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Blood sampling and blood film preparation and examination; 2. Performing a blood count; 3. Morphology of blood cells; 4. Detecting erroneous blood counts; 5. Normal ranges; 6. Quantitative changes in blood cells; 7. Important supplementary tests; 8. Disorders of red cells and platelets; 9. Disorders of white cells; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Blood Cells has been written with both the practising haematologist and the trainee in mind. It aims to provide a guide for use in the diagnostic haematology laboratory, covering methods of collection of blood specimens, blood film preparation and staining, the principles of manual and automated blood counts and the assessment of the morphological features of blood cells. The practising haematologist should find this book sufficiently comprehensive to be a reference source while, at the same time, the trainee haematologist and biomedical scientist should find it a straightforward and pr