Includes bibliographical references and index.

(cont) Chromosome studies in neoplastic hematologic disorders -- Solid tumor cytogenetics -- HLA typing -- HLA: the major histocompatibility complex: methodologies -- HLA: the major histocompatibility complex: applications -- Hematology -- Hematopoiesis and hematopoietic growth factors -- Peripheral blood and bone marrow: morphology, counts and differentials and reactive disorders -- Red blood cell disorders -- Thalassemia and hemaglobinopathy syndromes -- Acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes -- Chronic lymphoproliferative disorders, immunoproliferative disorders and malignant lymphoma -- Chronic myeloproliferative disorders -- Coagulation -- Overview of hemostasis -- Laboratory evaluation of platelet disorders -- Coagulation abnormalities -- Regulatory protein disorders and other thrombotic abnormalities -- Microbiology -- Bacteriology -- Fungi and fungal infections -- Chlamydia, mycoplasma and rickettsia -- Aerobic actinomycetes -- Instrumentation and automation in clinical microbiology -- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

(cont) Diagnostic nucleic acid probes for infectious agents -- Quality control and quality assurance -- Role of the clinical microbiology laboratory in hospital epidemiology and infection control -- Autopsy microbiology -- Diagnostic virology -- Parasitology -- Immunopathology -- Basic principles of immunodiagnosis -- Flow cytometry -- Immunoserology of infectious mononucleosis and related heterophil-negative mononucleosis-like illnesses -- Cellular and humoral mediators of inflammation -- Monoclonal gammopathies -- Immunodeficiency diseases -- Autoimmune disease and serology -- Allergic conditions -- Receptor assays of the clinical laboratory -- Blood bank/transfusion medicine -- Organization and legal concerns of blood banks -- Blood collection -- Pretransfusion testing -- Blood component therapy -- Transfusion therapy -- Neonatal transfusion -- Complications of blood transfusion.

General laboratory -- Laboratory management -- Laboratory safety -- Analytical test variables -- Laboratory information systems -- Molecular pathology -- Basic concepts -- Investigation of the pathogenesis of single-gene disorders by molecular methods -- Clinical applications of molecular biology -- Hematopoietic disorders -- Clinical chemistry -- Immunochemical methods -- Plasma proteins -- Diagnostic enzymology -- Lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins -- Endocrine function and carbohydrates -- Electrolytes and acid-base balance -- Respiration and measurement of oxygen and hemoglobin -- Nitrogen metabolites and renal function -- Calcium, magnesium and phosphate -- Porphyrins, bilirubin and other bile pigments -- Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Toxicology -- Nutrition, vitamins and trace elements -- Inborn metabolic errors -- Medical microscopy and urinalysis -- Urine -- Body fluid analysis -- Cytogenetics -- Basic cytogenetics -- Clinical cytogenetics -- Prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis -- Chromosome breakage syndromes.