**** A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook for practicing general hematologists, students of the field, basic scientists involved in hematologic research, as well as practicing internists and pediatricians--cited in Brandon-Hill. The volume is divided into ten parts: molecular and cellular basis of hematology; immunology; biology of stem cells and disorders of hematopoiesis; red blood cells; white blood cells; hematologic malignancies; hemostasis and thrombosis; transfusion medicine; consultative hematology; and special test and procedures in hematology. Adding a new editor (Leslie E. Silberstein), the second edition now has 16 chapters that deal exclusively with transfusion medicine. It also reflects other changes necessitated by the rapid advancement in the field since the first edition of 1990.
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