Morphology Of Human Blood Cells

This atlas, which portrays the morphologic characteristics of normal and pathologic cells in blood and bone marrow, is published for the use of medical students, student medical technologists, veterinary students, and other health science students who are learning to identify the various types of blood cells. This monograph also is an aid for teachers of morphological hematology and for technologists who are responsible for the examination of smears by manual or automated methods. A knowledge of morphology is also useful for residents in clinical and anatomic pathology, pediatrics, and medicine. Major emphasis is placed on the anatomical characteristics of individual cells in the various stages of their maturation as revealed by light microscopy, employing an oil-immersion objective. Unless otherwise stated, the cells that are described and visually pictured by the artist, Dorothy Sturm, are those present in thin, air-exposed, dried smears or marrow imprints that have been stained by Wright stain.

This atlas, which portrays the morphologic characteristics of normal and pathologic cells in blood and bone marrow, is published for the use of medical students, student medical technologists, and other health science students who are learning to identify the various types of blood cells. This monograph also is an aid for teachers of morphological hematology and for technologists who are responsible for the examination of smears by manual and automated methods. A knowledge of morphology is also useful for residents in clinical and anatomic pathology, pediatrics, and medicine.Major emphasis is placed on the anatomical characteristics of individual cells in the various stages of their maturation as revealed by light microscopy, employing an oil-immersion objective. Unless otherwise stated, the cells that are described and visually pictured by the artist, Dorothy Sturm, are those present in thin, air-exposed, dried smears or marrow imprints that have been stained by Wright stain.

This essential guide can help readers identify blood type cells, which are difficult to categorize, and explains the morphologic characteristics of peripheral blood cells in detail. Some of the book's features include: color photographs that depict each stage of cell maturation in the exact sequence of development; comparative photographs of difficult-to-identify cells from different cell lines with adjacent diagrams and instructions in chart form; and an explanation of the entire differential procedure, with mathematical guidelines.

Blood Cells has been written with both the practisinghaematologist and the trainee in mind. It aims to provide a guidefor use in the diagnostic haematology laboratory, covering methodsof collection of blood specimens, blood film preparation andstaining, the principles of manual and automated blood counts andthe assessment of the morphological features of blood cells. Thepractising haematologist should find this book sufficientlycomprehensive to be a reference source while, at the same time, thetrainee haematologist and biomedical scientist should find it astraightforward and practical bench manual. Enables both the haematologist and laboratory scientist toidentify blood cell features, from the most common to the moreobscure Provides essential information on methods of collection, bloodfilm preparation and staining, together with the principles ofmanual and automated blood counts Completely revised and updated, incorporating much newlypublished information: now includes advice on further tests when aspecific diagnosis is suspected Four hundred high quality photographs to aid with blood cellidentification Highlights the purpose and clinical relevance of haematologylaboratory tests throughout