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Blood cells : a practical guide / Barbara J. Bain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bain, Barbara J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blood cells.
- Blood cell count.
- Blood Cell Count.
- Blood Cells--physiology.
- Hematologic Diseases.
- Hematologic Tests--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Blood Cell Count.
- Blood Cells--physiology.
- Hematologic Diseases.
- Hematologic Tests--methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This essential resource enables the haematologist and laboratory scientist to identify blood cell features, from the most common to the more obscure. Now in its fifth edition, Blood Cells provides 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 practical bench manual. Provides invaluable information on methods of blood collection and blood film preparation and staining, together with the principles of manual and automated blood counts, Contains over four hundred high quality, full colour photographs to aid with blood cell identification, Offers practical advice on further tests when a specific diagnosis is suspected, Completely revised and updated, incorporating newly published information, New to the fifth edition, multiple choice questions (MCQs) and extended matching questions (EMQs) are hosted on the book companion website: www.wiley.com/go/bain/bloodcells Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Blood sampling and blood film preparation and examination
- Performing a blood count
- Morphology of blood cells
- Detecting erroneous blood counts
- Normal ranges
- Quantitative changes in blood cells
- Important supplementary tests
- Disorders of red cells and platelets
- Disorders of white cells.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 9, 2015).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Pepper Medical Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bain, Barbara J., author. Blood cells
- ISBN:
- 9781118817292
- 111881729X
- 9781118817308
- 1118817303
- Publisher Number:
- 99961686334
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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