MD LB 4300 - Clinical Hematology

This course examines normal hematopoiesis, hemoglobin structure, function, synthesis and degradation; red blood cell morphology and metabolic processes; the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of anemia; morphology function, and metabolic processes of normal white blood cells and platelets; and hematologic diseases resulting in abnormal leukocyte production and morphology. Discussion of leukemias, other hematologic malignancies, and special laboratory testing procedures will be provided.