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Contents
Preface to the Sixth Edition vii
Preface to the First Edition ix
How to get the best out of your textbook x
1 Haemopoiesis 1
2 Erythropoiesis and general aspects of anaemia 15
3 Hypochromic anaemias 33
4 Iron overload 50
5 Megaloblastic anaemias and other macrocytic anaemias 58
6 Haemolytic anaemias 73
7 Genetic disorders of haemoglobin 88
8 The white cells 1: granulocytes, monocytes and their
benign disorders 108
9 The white cells 2: lymphocytes and their benign disorders 126
10 The spleen 142
11 The aetiology and genetics of haematological
malignancies 150
12 Management of haematological malignancy 166
13 Acute myeloid leukaemia 178
14 Chronic myeloid leukaemia 191
15 The non-leukaemic myeloproliferative neoplasms 200
16 Myelodysplasia 214
17 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 223
