Neonatal Hematology

Foreword; Preface; 1. History of neonatal hematology Howard Pearson; Part I. Developmental Hematology: 2. Hematopoiesis Mervin Yoder; 3. Immunologic system William Slayton and Angela E. Rivers; Part II. Erythrocyte Disorders: 4. Anemia of prematurity and erythropoietin therapy Pam Kling; 5. Bone marrow failure syndrome Zora Rogers and Blanche Alter; 6. Immune hemolytic anemia Peter Waldron and William Cashore; 7. Hemolytic disorders Bert Glader and Geoffery Allen; 8. Neonatal hemoglobinopathy screening Peter Lane; 9. Polycythemia/hyperviscosity Ted Rosenkrantz and William Oh; Part III. Platelet Disorders: 10. Immune thrombocytopenias Jim Bussel and J. Javad; 11. Acquired thrombocytopenia Martha Sola-Visner and Matthew Saxonhouse; 12. Congenital thrombocytopenias and thrombocytopathies Pedro de Alarcón; Part IV. Leucocyte Disorders: 13. Abnormal blood concentrations of eosinophils and neutrophils Robert D. Christensen and Kurt R. Schibler; 14. Neutrophil function disorders E. Stephen Buescher; Part V. Immunologic Disorders: 15. Immunologic disorders James L. Wynn, Matthew Saxonhouse and John W. Sleasman; Part VI. Hemostatic Disorders: 16. Thrombosis Marilyn Manco-Johnson and Armstrong Wells; 17. Bleeding disorders Manuela Albisetti and Paul Monagle; Part VII: 18. Transfusion practices Ross Fasano and Naomi Luban; 19. Umbilical cord stem-cell transplantation Joanne Kurtzberg; 20. Disorders of the fetomaternal unit Eric Werner, Nancy Chescheir and Randall Fisher; 21. Neonatal oncology Alan Gamis; 22. Normal values and laboratory methods Robert D. Christensen; Index.