Cover -- Copyright -- Editor -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Section 1 General Laboratory -- General Laboratory - Introduction -- 1 Basic Laboratory Management -- 2 Business Management of the Clinical Laboratory -- 3 Laboratory Safety -- 4 The Interpretation of Laboratory Tests -- 5 Laboratory Information Systems -- 6 Ethics in Laboratory Medicine -- Section 2 Molecular Pathology -- Molecular Pathology - Introduction -- 7 Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics -- 8 Molecular Biology of Inherited Diseases -- 9 Molecular Biology of Solid Tumors -- 10 Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases -- 11 Clinical Applications of Molecular Biology Hematopoietic Disorders -- Section 3 Clinical Chemistry -- Clinical Chemistry - Introduction -- 12 Immunochemical Methods -- 13 The Plasma Proteins -- 14 Diagnostic Enzymology and Other Biochemical Markers of Organ Damage -- 15 Lipids and Lipoproteins -- 16 Endocrine Function and Carbohydrates -- 17 Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance -- 18 Respiration and Measurement of Oxygen and Hemoglobin -- 19 Nitrogen Metabolites and Renal Function -- 20 Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate -- 21 Heme Synthesis and Catabolism -- 22 Toxicology -- 23 Trace Elements, Vitamins, and Nutrition -- 24 Inborn Metabolic Errors -- 25 Point-of-Care Testing -- 26 Tumor Markers -- Section 4 Medical Microscopy and Urinalysis -- Medical Microscopy and Urinalysis - Introduction -- 27 Synovial, Pleural, and Peritoneal Fluids -- 28 Urine -- Section 5 Cytogenetics -- Cytogenetics - Introduction -- 29 Basic Cytogenetics -- 30 Clinical Cytogenetics -- 31 Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis -- 32 Cytogenetic Studies in Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders -- 33 The Chromosome-Breakage Syndromes: Clinical Features, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics -- 34 Solid Tumor Cytogenetics -- Section 6 The Major Histocompatibility Complex.

The Major Histocompatibility Complex - Introduction -- 35 HLA: Structure, Function, and Methodologies -- 36 Molecular HLA Typing -- 37 HLA: Applications -- 38 Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Section 7 Hematology -- Hematology - Introduction -- 39 Hematopoiesis and the Hematopoietic Growth Factors -- 40 Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow: Morphology, Counts and Differentials, and Reactive Disorders -- 41 Red Blood Cell Disorders -- 42 The Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Syndromes -- 43 Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes -- 44 Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Immunoproliferative Disorders, and Malignant Lymphoma -- 45 Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders -- Section 8 Coagulation -- Coagulation - Introduction -- 46 Overview of Hemostasis -- 47 Laboratory Evaluation of Platelet Disorders -- 48 Coagulation Abnormalities -- 49 Thrombophilia -- Section 9 Microbiology -- Microbiology - Introduction -- 50 Specimen Collection and Processing for Microbiology -- 51 Bacteriology -- 52 Fungi and Fungal Infections -- 53 Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia -- 54 Aerobic Actinomycetes -- 55 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing -- 56 Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases -- 57 Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control -- 58 Autopsy Microbiology -- 59 Diagnostic Virology -- 60 Parasitology -- Section 10 Immunopathology -- Immunopathology - Introduction -- 61 Basic Principles of Immunodiagnosis -- 62 Flow Cytometry -- 63 Cellular and Humoral Mediators of Inflammation -- 64 Monoclonal Gammopathies -- 65 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases -- 66 Allergic Conditions -- 67 Receptor Assays of the Clinical Laboratory -- Section 11 Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine -- Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine - Introduction -- 68 Organization, Functions, Regulation, and Legal Concerns of Blood Banks.

69 Blood Collection -- 70 Pretransfusion Testing -- 71 Blood Component Therapy -- 72 Transfusion Therapy -- 73 Neonatal Transfusion -- 74 Complications of Blood Transfusion -- 75 Immune Hemolysis -- SUBJECT INDEX.