Preface

vi

Abbreviations

vii

1

The Nature of Leukaemia, Cytology, Cytochemistry and the FAB Classification of Acute Leukaemia

1

2

Immunophenotyping and Cytogenetic/Molecular Genetic Analysis in Leukaemia and Related Conditions

64

3

Acute Leukaemia: Integration of Morphological, Immunophenotypic and Genetic Information and the WHO Classification

114

4

The Myelodysplastic Syndromes

219

5

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemias

261

6

Lymphoid Leukaemias of Mature T, B and Natural Killer Cells

301

Appendix

Leukaemia Diagnosis in Resource-Poor Countries

377

Index

383