Includes bibliographical references and index.

Haemopoiesis -- Erythropoiesis and general aspects of anaemia -- Hypochromic anaemias -- Iron overload -- Megaloblastic anaemias and other macrocytic anaemias -- Haemolytic anaemias -- Genetic disorders of haemoglobin -- The white cells, part 1: granulocytes, monocytes and their benign disorders -- The white cells, part 2: lymphocytes and their benign disorders -- The spleen -- The aetiology and genetics of haematological neoplasia -- Management of haematological malignancy -- Acute myeloid leukaemia -- Chronic myeloid leukaemia -- Myeloproliferative neoplasms -- Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia -- The chronic lymphocytic leukaemias -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-hodgkin lymphomas -- Multiple myeloma and related plasma cell neoplasms -- Aplastic anaemia and bone marrow failure -- Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Platelets, blood coagulation and haemostasis -- Bleeding disorders caused by vascular and platelet abnormalities -- Coagulation disorders -- Thrombosis 1: pathogenesis and diagnosis -- Thrombosis 2: treatment -- Haematological changes in systemic diseases -- Blood transfusion -- Pregnancy and neonatal haematology.

"Essential Haematology is established as the most authoritative introduction to haematology. Beautifully presented, it introduces the formation and function of blood cells and diseases that arise from dysfunction and disruption of these processes. Basic science, diagnostic tests, clinical features and management are all clearly explained. The book outlines the basic principles of clinical and laboratory haematology and shows how manifestations of blood diseases can be explained by new knowledge of the disease processes"--