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CLINICAL AND PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

Clinical and Paediatric Haematology and Oncology. Ekert H, ed. Melbourne, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 245 pp., 1982.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/83604623
Ekert H; Dept. Clinical Haematology and Oncology, Royal Children's Hosp.,; Melbourne, Australia

Abstract: An overview of the practice of clinical hematology and oncology as it occurs in specialized units within general pediatric teaching hospitals is presented. The text reflects a practical approach to the problems encountered in the wards and outpatient clinics. Attempts have been made to integrate pertinent physiology, pathology, clinical features, and management into a short pertinent unit which can be applied to clinical management. Topics discussed include the physiology of hemostasis, investigations of patients with suspected congenital bleeding disorders, common congenital disorders of hemostasis, acquired disorders of hemostasis, thrombocytopenic purpura, neutropenia, leukemias, deficiencies of immune and neutrophil function, iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemias, aplastic anemias, hemolytic anemias, thalassemias, thalassemia-like disorders and sickle cell disease, hemolytic disease of the newborn, solid tumors, lymphomas, Wilms' tumor, neuroblastoma, soft tissue sarcomas, bone tumors, primary central nervous system tumors, and miscellaneous tumors. (no Refs)
Keywords: *Hematology Human *Medical Oncology *Pediatrics MONOGRAPH

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