Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis: Common Questions

CSF is a major fluid in the body. It is produced by the choroid plexus of the two lateral ventricles. It provides nutrients to the nervous tissue, removes metabolic waste and acts as protective
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Hemolytic Anemias : Extracorpuscular defects

In this topic,  Hemolytic anemias caused by immune or non immune mechanisms are discussed. The most important ones are warm antibody hemolytic anemia and cold antibody hemolytic anemia.
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Heriditary Spherocytosis

This presentation will help you in understanding heriditary hemolytic anemias, which are usually the results of intracorpuscular defects. The abnormalities of red cell membranes like Hereditary
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Sickle cell Anemia

The following presentation helps in understanding one of the most important structurally abnormal Hemoglobins, the Sickle Hemoglobin (HbS). Sickle cell anemia, Sickle cell trait are the sickle
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Hemoglobinopathies: Thalassemia

This presentation helps you in understanding Thalassemias which are the diverse group of heriditary disorders in which there is reduced synthesis of one or more globin chains.Hence these are the
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Aplastic & Hypoplastic Anemias

The disorders of bone marrow where there is impaired formation of erythropoietic precursors and subsequently leads to the development of anemias, are referred to as bone marrow failures. such
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Chronic Leukemias

The following presentation helps in understanding the concepts of chronic leukemia. chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia are discussed in great detail.  
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Acute Leukemias

The following presentation helps you in understanding the  basics of acute leukemias. The differences between myeloblast and lymphoblast are discussed. acute myeloid leukemia and acute Lymphoblastic
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