Hematology: For Medical Entrance Examinations
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RED BLOOD CELLS
General features of red blood cells
Red cell indicators
Erythropoietin
Hematopoiesis
Peripheral blood smear
Hemoglobin
General features of red blood cell disorders
Hypochromic microcytic anemia
Iron deficiency anemia
Megaloblastic anemia
Pernicious anemia
Anemia of chronic disease
Sideroblastic anemia
Features of hemolytic anemia
Hereditary spherocytosis
G6PD deficiency
Sickle cell anemia
Thalassemia
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
Aplastic anemia
Pancytopenia and fanconi anemia
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Myeloproliferative disorders
Polycythemia
Myelofibrosis
Essential thrombocytosis
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
General features of white blood cells
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Monocyte
Lymphocytes
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
General features of leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute myeloblastic leukemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chronic myelocytic leukemia
General features of lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Burkitt’s lymphoma
Hairy cell leukemia
Mantle cell lymphoma
Follicular lymphoma
Post transplant lymphoma
BLEEDING AND COAGULATION DISORDERS
General features of bleeding and coagulation disorders
General features of platelets and endothelial cells
Pathways of coagulation
Clotting factors
Thrombomodulin
Hemophilia
Von willebrand disease
Glanzmann thrombaesthenia
Bernard soulier syndrome
Wiskott aldrich syndrome
Thrombocytopenia and purpura
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
General features of hypercoagulable disorders
Budd chiari syndrome
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
PLASMA CELL DISORDERS
General features of myeloma
Features of multiple myeloma
Management of multiple myeloma
DRUGS ACTING ON BLOOD
General features of drugs acting on blood
Heparin
Warfarin
Antiplatelet drugs
Thrombolytics
