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Color Atlas ofHematology

PracticalMicroscopic and Clinical Diagnosis

Harald Theml,M.D.

Professor, Private Practice

Hematology/Oncology

Munich, Germany

Heinz Diem,M.D.

KlinikumGrosshadern

Institute of Clinical Chemistry

Munich, Germany

Torsten Haferlach,M.D.

Professor, KlinikumGrosshadern

Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics

Munich, Germany

2nd revised edition

262 color illustrations

32 tables

Thieme

Stuttgart · New York

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Preface

Our Current Edition

Although this is the second English edition of our hematology atlas, this

edition is completely new. As an immediate sign of this change, there are

now three authors. The completely updated visual presentation uses digital

images, and the content is organized according to the most up-to-date

morphological classification criteria.

In this new edition, our newly formed team of authors from Munich

(the “Munich Group”) has successfully shared their knowledge with you.

Heinz Diem and Torsten Haferlach are nationally recognized as lecturers

of the diagnostics curriculum of the German Association for Hematology

and Oncology.

Goals

Most physicians are fundamentally “visually oriented.” Apart from immediate

patient care, the microscopic analysis of blood plays to this preference.

This explains the delight and level of involvement on the part of

practitioners in the pursuit of morphological analyses.

Specialization notwithstanding, the hematologist wants to preserve

the opportunity to perform groundbreaking diagnostics in hematology for

the general practitioner, surgeon, pediatrician, the MTA technician, and all

medical support personnel. New colleagues must also be won to the

cause. Utmost attention to the analysis of hematological changes is essential

for a timely diagnosis.

Even before bone marrow cytology, cytochemistry, or immunocytochemistry,

information based on the analysis of blood is of immediate relevance

in the doctor’s office. It is central to the diagnosis of the diseases of

the blood cell systems themselves, which make their presence known

through changes in blood components.

The exhaustive quantitative

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