MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Medicine Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


Basic haematology

Professor M T W Hearn (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) and Dr D Bowden (Anatomy)

Objectives On completion of this unit, students should have developed an understanding of the fundamentals of molecular, cellular and clinical haematology.

Synopsis The development and morphology of the cellular components of blood, red blood cells, anaemia, vitamins B12 and folic acid, iron metabolism, the function and disorders of white blood cells, coagulation and platelet function and measurement in haematology.

Assessment Examination (held in conjunction with `Cell and molecular biology III') 1 hr: 100%

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