| Preface | |
| Laboratory Management | p. 3 |
| Laboratory Safety | p. 7 |
| Analytical Test Variables | p. 11 |
| Laboratory Information Systems | p. 15 |
| Basic Concepts | p. 19 |
| Investigation of the Pathogenesis of Single-Gene Disorders by Molecular Methods | p. 23 |
| Clinical Applications of Molecular Biology | p. 25 |
| Hematopoietic Disorders | p. 27 |
| Immunochemical Methods | p. 33 |
| The Plasma Proteins | p. 41 |
| Diagnostic Enzymology | p. 47 |
| Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Apolipoproteins | p. 53 |
| Endocrine Function and Carbohydrates | p. 59 |
| Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance | p. 67 |
| Respiration and Measurement of Oxygen and Hemoglobin | p. 75 |
| Nitrogen Metabolites and Renal Function | p. 81 |
| Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate | p. 87 |
| Porphyrins, Bilirubin, and Other Bile Pigments | p. 93 |
| Therapeutic Drug Monitoring | p. 99 |
| Toxicology | p. 107 |
| Nutrition, Vitamins, and Trace Elements | p. 113 |
| Inborn Metabolic Errors | p. 119 |
| Urine | p. 127 |
| Body Fluid Analysis | p. 133 |
| Basic Cytogenetics | p. 137 |
| Clinical Cytogenetics | p. 139 |
| Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis | p. 145 |
| Chromosome Breakage Syndromes | p. 147 |
| Chromosome Studies in Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders | p. 149 |
| Solid Tumor Cytogenetics | p. 153 |
| HLA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex - Methodologies | p. 157 |
| HLA: The Major Histocompatibility Complex - Applications | p. 161 |
| Hematopoiesis and the Hematopoietic Growth Factors | p. 165 |
| Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow: Morphology, Counts and Differentials, and Reactive Disorders | p. 167 |
| Red Blood Cell Disorders | p. 171 |
| The Thalassemia and Hemaglobinopathy Syndromes | p. 175 |
| Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes | p. 177 |
| Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Immunoproliferative Disorders, and Malignant Lymphoma | p. 181 |
| Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders | p. 185 |
| Overview of Hemostasis | p. 189 |
| Laboratory Evaluation of Platelet Disorders | p. 195 |
| Coagulation Abnormalities | p. 201 |
| Regulatory Protein Disorders and Other Thrombotic Abnormalities | p. 207 |
| Bacteriology | p. 213 |
| Fungi and Fungal Infections | p. 219 |
| Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia | p. 225 |
| Aerobic Actinomycetes | p. 229 |
| Instrumentation and Automation in Clinical Microbiology | p. 233 |
| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing | p. 235 |
| Diagnostic Nucleic Acid Probes for Infectious Agents | p. 239 |
| Quality Control and Quality Assurance | p. 241 |
| Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control | p. 245 |
| Autopsy Microbiology | p. 249 |
| Diagnostic Virology | p. 253 |
| Parasitology | p. 259 |
| Basic Principles of Immunodiagnosis | p. 267 |
| Flow Cytometry | p. 275 |
| Immunoserology of Infectious Mononucleosis and Related Heterophil-Negative Mononucleosis-Like Illnesses | p. 281 |
| Cellular and Humoral Mediators of Inflammation | p. 285 |
| Monoclonal Gammopathies | p. 291 |
| Immunodeficiency Diseases | p. 295 |
| Autoimmune Disease and Serology | p. 301 |
| Allergic Conditions | p. 311 |
| Receptor Assays of the Clinical Laboratory | p. 317 |
| Organization and Legal Concerns of Blood Banks | p. 323 |
| Blood Collection | p. 325 |
| Pretransfusion Testing | p. 327 |
| Blood Component Therapy | p. 329 |
| Transfusion Therapy | p. 333 |
| Neonatal Transfusion | p. 337 |
| Complications of Blood Transfusion | p. 339 |
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