COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE FLUID OF LIFE -- BLOOD -- BLOOD COMPONENTS -- PLASMA -- BLOOD CELLS -- BLOOD CELL FORMATION -- BONE MARROW -- PRODUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS -- DESTRUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS -- CHAPTER 2 THE DYNAMICS OF BLOOD -- CIRCULATION -- ARTERIES -- VEINS -- CAPILLARIES -- BLOOD PRESSURE -- FUNCTIONS OF BLOOD -- RESPIRATION -- NUTRITION -- EXCRETION -- HEMOSTASIS -- IMMUNITY -- TEMPERATURE REGULATION -- BLEEDING AND BLOOD CLOTTING -- SIGNIFICANCE OF HEMOSTASIS -- THE HEMOSTATIC PROCESS -- CHAPTER 3 BLOOD GROUP SYSTEMS -- BLOOD GROUPS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- BLOOD TYPING -- ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- MNSS BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- P BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- RH BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- LUTHERAN BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- KELL BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- LEWIS BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- DUFFY BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- KIDD BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- DIEGO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- YT BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- II BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- XG BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- DOMBROCK BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM -- SECRETOR SYSTEM -- ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES -- CHEMISTRY OF BLOOD GROUPS -- BLOOD GROUPS AND GENETIC LINKAGE -- BLOOD GROUPS AND POPULATION GROUPS -- CHAPTER 4 BLOOD ANALYSIS AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS -- BLOOD AND DISEASE -- LABORATORY EXAMINATION OF BLOOD -- BLOOD ANALYSIS -- SERUM AND SERUM ALBUMIN -- PLASMA -- SEPARATION OF PLASMA AND SERUM -- MEASURABLE PROPERTIES OF BLOOD -- BLOOD CELL COUNT -- COAGULATION TESTS -- SEDIMENTATION AND COMPATIBILITY TESTS -- HEMATOCRIT -- SEROLOGICAL TESTS -- METHODS OF BLOOD GROUPING -- IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD GROUPS -- COOMBS TEST -- ADSORPTION, ELUTION, AND TITRATION -- INHIBITION TESTS -- HEMOLYSIS -- SOURCES OF ANTIBODIES AND ANTIGENS -- BLOOD BANK -- THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS -- BLOOD TRANSFUSION -- ORGAN TRANSPLANT -- PATERNITY TESTING -- BONE MARROW AND HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS.

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT -- AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANTS -- RISKS OF BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT -- COLLECTION OF DONOR STEM CELLS -- CHAPTER 5 DISEASES OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN -- DISORDERS OF RED BLOOD CELLS -- ANEMIA -- MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIAS -- PERNICIOUS ANEMIA -- NORMOCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC ANEMIAS -- APLASTIC ANEMIA -- HYPOCHROMIC MICROCYTIC ANEMIAS -- IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA -- HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAS -- HEMOGLOBINOPATHY -- POLYCYTHEMIA -- PICKWICKIAN SYNDROME -- PORPHYRIA -- SULFHEMOGLOBINEMIA -- METHEMOGLOBINEMIA -- CHAPTER 6 DISEASES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS AND DISORDERS OF COAGULATION -- DISEASES OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS -- LEUKOCYTOSIS -- LEUKOPENIA -- LEUKEMIA -- LYMPHOMA -- MULTIPLE MYELOMA -- BLEEDING DISORDERS -- THROMBOCYTOPENIA -- DISORDERS OF PLATELET FUNCTION -- VASCULAR CAUSES OF BLEEDING DISORDERS -- COAGULATION DISORDERS -- HEMOPHILIA -- VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY -- VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE -- THROMBOSIS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: TABLES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.