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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Hematology in the Clinical Laboratory | |
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| Historical Perspectives | |
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| Primary Responsibility | |
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| Professionalism | |
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| Measurement in the Laboratory | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Safety in the Hematology Laboratory | |
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| The Collection and Transportation fo Blood Specimens | |
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| Stat Requests | |
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| Specimen Types | |
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| Approach to the Patient | |
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| Types of Patients | |
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| Reassuring the Patient | |
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| The Equipment for Venipuncture | |
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| Lancets and Autolets | |
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| Needle/Lancet Disposal Units | |
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| The Venipuncture | |
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| Hemostasis and Coagulation Procedures | |
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| Primary Hemostasis | |
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| Bleeding Time Tests | |
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| Secondary Hemostasis | |
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| The Counting of Blood Cells | |
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| The Preparation of the Sample for Analysis | |
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| The Preparation of the Differential Slide | |
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| The White Blood Cell Count | |
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| Types of Counting Chambers | |
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| The Red Blood Cell Count | |
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| The Staining of the WBC Differential or Bone Marrow Slides | |
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| Staining the Reticulocyte Smear | |
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| Special Staining Procedures | |
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| Bone Marrow Examination | |
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| Staining Procedures for Cellular Organelles | |
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| Peroxidase Reactions | |
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| Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction | |
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| Acid Phosphatase Stain | |
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| Granulocytic and Agranulocytic Leukocytes | |
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| Origin of Blood Cells | |
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| Origin of the White Cell Lines | |
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| The Distinction Between Granulocytes and Agranulocytes | |
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| Cell Origins by Cell Line | |
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| Primitive Stem Cell | |
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| The Myeloid Cell Line | |
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| The Monocytic Cell Line | |
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| The Pymphocytic Cell Line | |
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| The Megakaryocytic Cell Line | |
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| Reading the Differential Smear to Identify Cells | |
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| Morphologically Abnormal White Cells | |
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| The Leukemias and Other Leukocyte Abnormalities | |
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| The Marginal and Circulatory Pools | |
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| Absolute Concentrations of Leukocytes | |
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| Leukemoid Reactions | |
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| Neutrophilic Leukemoid Reaction | |
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| Lymphocytic Leukemoid Reaction | |
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| Techniques Used in Identifying Various Leukemias | |
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| The French-American-British Classificatin | |
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| The Erthrocyte | |
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| Maturation of the Erythrocyte | |
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| The Rubriblast | |
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| The Prorubricyte | |
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| The Rubricyte | |
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| The Metarubricyte | |
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| The Reticulocyte | |
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| The Erythrocyte | |
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| The Destruction of Red Cells | |
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| Inclusions Within Red Cells | |
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| Oddities in Erythrocytes | |
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| Hematocrit Levels | |
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| The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate | |
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| Hemoglobin Levels | |
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| Synthsis of Hemoglobin | |
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| THe Hemoglobin Test | |
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| Red Blood Cell Indicies | |
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| Anemias and Hemoglobinopathies | |
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| Diagnosing the Condition Called Anemia | |
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| Classification of Anemia | |
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| Abnormal Hemoglobins | |
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| The Structure of Normal Hemoglobin | |
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| Hemoglobinpathies | |
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| Instrumentation | |
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| The Cell Counter | |
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| The Electrical Flow Interference Principle | |
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| The Optical Detection Principle | |
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| The Coulter Counter | |
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| Other Coulter Counter Models | |
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| Coulter Histograms | |
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| Sysmex Model NE-8000 Technicon H System | |
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| Coagulation Instruments | |
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| Preventative Maintainence | |
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| Index | |