Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction to hematology: An overview of clinical laboratory hematology -- Safety in the hematology laboratory -- Blood specimen collection -- Care and use of the microscope -- Quality assurance in hematology and hemostasis testing -- Blood cell production, structure and function: Cellular structure and function -- Hematopoiesis -- Erythrocyte production and destruction -- Erythrocyte metabolism and membrane structure and function -- Hemoglobin metabolism -- Iron kinetics and laboratory assessment -- Leukocyte development, kinetics and functions -- Platelet production, structure and function -- Laboratory evaluation of blood cells: Manual, semiautomated and point-of-care testing in hematology -- Automated blood cell analysis -- Examination of the peripheral blood film and correlation with the complete blood count -- Bone marrow examination -- Body fluid analysis in the hematology laboratory -- Erythrocyte disorders: Anemias: red blood cell morphology and approach to diagnosis -- Disorders of iron kinetics and heme metabolism -- Anemias caused by defects of DNA metabolism -- Bone marrow failure -- Introduction to increased destruction of erythrocytes -- Intrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction -- Extrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction-nonimmune causes -- Extrinsic defects leading to increased erythrocyte destruction-nonimmune causes -- Hemoglobinopathies (structural defects in hemoglobin) -- Thalassemias -- Leukocyte disorders: nonmalignant leukocyte disorders -- Cytogenetics -- Molecular diagnostics in hematopathology -- Flow cytometric analysis in hematologic disorders -- Myeloproliferative neoplasms -- Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Acute leukemias -- Mature lymphoid neoplasms -- Hemostasis and thrombosis: Normal hemostasis and coagulation -- Hemorrhagic disorders and laboratory assessment -- Thrombotic disorders and laboratory assessment -- Qualitative disorders of platelets and vasculature -- Laboratory evaluation of hemostasis -- Antithrombotic therapies and their laboratory assessment -- Hemostasis and coagulation instrumentation -- Hematology and hemostasis in selected populations: Pediatric and geriatric hematology and hemostasis --