Hematology and Transfusion Medicine Board Review Made Simple
ABVD
Acanthocytes
Aquired Underproduction Anemias
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP)
Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute myelogenous leukemia
ADAMTS13
Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATL)
Agents, Bypassing
Agglutinin
Aggregation, abnormal
Albumin
ALCL (Anaplastic large cell lymphoma)
Alemtuzumab
ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase)
Alkylating agent
Alloantibodies
Allogeneic blood transfusions
Allogeneic HSCT
Allogeneic stem cell transplant
Allogeneic transplant
Alpha-2-antiplasmin
Alpha thalassemias
Aminocaproic acid
Amyloidosis
ANC (absolute neutrophil count)
Androgens
Anemia
Iron-deficiency
Aplastic Anemia
Anemia in HIV Patients
Anemia of chronic disease
Anthracycline
Anti-neutrophil antibodies
Antibodies anti-HLA
Anti-platelet antibodies
Anticardiolipin antibodies
Anticoagulate
Antimetabolite
Antiplatelet medicines patient
Antithrombin III
APC resistance
APL (acute promyelocytic leukemia)
Aplastic anemia
Apoptosis
Arachidonic acid
Arsenic trioxide
Arterial Pa02
Aspirin
Assay serotonin release
ATG (Antithymocyte Globulin)
ATL (Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma)
ATRA (all-trans retinoic acid)
Atrial fibrillation
Auer rods
Autoantibodies
Autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Basophile
B-cells, large
B-symptoms
BCL2
BCR-ABL
Bendamustine
Beta-2-microglobulin
Beta Thalassemias
Bethesda units (BU)
Blastic phase
Blasts
Bleomycin blood
Blood transfusions
BMT
Board review course
Bone marrow biopsy
Bone marrow plasma cells
Bone marrow stem cells
Bone marrow suppression
Bone Marrow Transplant
Bone Marrow Registry
Bortezomib
Bethesda units
Burkitt's lymphoma
Busulfan
C-reactive protein (CRP)
CAMT (Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia)
Cancer, testicular
Castleman disease
Thrombosis
CBCLs (cutaneous B-cell lymphomas)
CD3
CD4
CD5
CD7
CD8
CD10
CD15
CD19
CD20
CD23
CD25
CD30
CD33
CD34
CD38
CD41
CD43
CD45
CD56
CD59
CD138
CDA (Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia)
CEL (Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia)
Cell lymphoma, mantle
Cellular Basis of Hematopoiesis and Marrow Failure Syndromes
Celsius
Centroblasts
CGD (Chronic Granulomatous Disease)
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (CHS)
CHOP
Chromosome
Anemia of Chronic disease
Eosinophilic Leukemia (CEL)
Chronic graft-versus-host disease
Chronic granulomatous disease
Chronic GvHD
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Chronic Myelomonogenous Leukemia (CMML)
Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia (CNL)
CHS (Chediak-Higashi Syndrome)
Cirrhosis
CLL (Chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
CLL/SLL/PLL
Clones
CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia)
CMML (Chronic Myelomonogenous Leukemia)
CMV
CNL (Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Cobalamine
Codons
Collagen
Conditioning regimen
Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAMT)
Congenital neutropenia
Coombs test
Copper deficiency
Coumadin
Creatinine
CRP (C-reactive protein)
CT (computed tomography)
Cyanosis
Cyclophosphamide
Cyclosporine
Cytarabine
Cytogenetics
Cytopenias
D-granule deficiency
DAF (decay acceleration factor)
DAH (Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage)
Darbepoetin
Daunorubicin
DBA (Diamond-Blackfan Anemia)
DC (Dyskeratosis Congenita)
Decay acceleration factor (DAF)
Factor VIII deficiency
DENDRITIC CELLs
Dexamethasone
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA)
DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation)
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH) disease
DLBCL (Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma)
DNA
DNA Microarrays
DNA sequences,donor
Matched sibling
Unrelated donor alloantibodies
Donor Lymphocyte Infusion (DLI)
Down's syndrome
Drug-induced thrombocytopenia
DVT (deep venous thrombosis)
DVT/PE treatment
DVT prophylaxis
EBV (Epstein-Barr virus)
ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group)
Engraftment
Eosinophilia
Epinephrine
Epistaxis
Epoetin alfa
ERT (Enzyme Replacement Therapy)
Erythrocytosis
Erythropoietin
ESAs (Erythropoietin Stimulating Agent)
Etoposide
Exchange transfusion
Colony-stimulating factor
Heparin-platelet antibody
Intrinsic tissue factor activity
Factor deficiency
Factor II
Elliptocytes
Eeparin-platelet antibody
Factor IX
Factor replacement
Factor VIII activity
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
Fanconi's anemia
FDPs (Fibrin degradation products)
Febrile neutropenia
Febrile Nonhemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR)
FEIBA
Ferroportin disease
FFP (fresh frozen plasma)
Fibrin
Fibrin glue
Fibrinogen
Fibroblasts
Filgrastim
FISH (Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization)
Flow cytometry
Fludarabine
FMF (Familial Mediterranean Fever)
FNHTR (Febrile Nonhemolytic Transfusion Reaction)
Folate
Folic Acid Deficiency
Free light chain (FLC)
G-CSF
Gene expression
Gene therapy
GI
Glucocorticoids
Glycogen metabolism
Glycoprotein
GM-CSF
Graft vs. host (GvH)
Graft vs. tumor (GvT)
Granulocyte-colony
Haptoglobin
Hereditary persistence fetal Hb (HPFH)
helix, double DNA
Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
Hemochromatosis
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin A1
Hemoglobin Constant Spring
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Hemoglobin molecules
Hemoglobin P50
Hemoglobinuria
Hemolysis
Hemolytic anemia
Microangiopathic hemolytic Anemia
Hemolytic Anemias
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Hemophiliacs
Heparin, unfractionated
Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
Hepatic dysfunction
Hepatitis
Hepcidin
Hereditary Coproporphyria
Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis (HPP)
Hereditary spherocytosis
Histiocytes
HIT (Heparin induced thrombocytopenia)
HIV
HTLV virus
HSV virus
HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen)
HLA match
HLA Typing
HLH (Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis)
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)
Hodgkin Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Hodgkin Treatment
Homozygous
HPFH (HbS/Hereditary persistence fetal Hb)
HPP (Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis)
HS (Hereditary Spherocytosis)
HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells)
Human interleukin-11
HUS
Hydroxyurea
Hypercalcemia
Hypertension
Howell Jolly bodies
Pulmonary
Hypocalcemia
Hypofibrinogenemia
Hyponatremia
Hypoxia
IBMTR (International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry)
ICU (intensive care unit)
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Imatinib
Immune system
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Immunofixation
Immunoglobulins
Immunohistochemistry
Immunophenotype
Immunosuppression
Incidental Thrombocytopenia
Infections
Infusion, donor lymphocyte
Inhibitors
Coagulation factor
INR
Interferon
Internal medicine boards
IPI (International Prognostic Index)
Iron
Iron absorption
Iron chelation
Iron deficiency
Iron deficiency anemia
Iron level
Iron metabolism
Iron Metabolism and Iron Overload
Iron overload
Iron overload state
ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura)
IVIG
JAK2
JAK2 mutation
JAMA
Kupffer cells
Laboratory Hematology
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
Large B-cell lymphoma
LCH (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis)
LCR (Locus Control Region)
LDH
Leiden Factor V
Lenalidomide
Leukemia chronic myelogenous (CML)
Hairy cell leukemia
Leukemic cells
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD)
Leukocytosis
Leukoerythroblastosis
Elevated homocysteine
LGL (large granular lymphocytic)
Light chain, free
LMWH (Low molecular weight heparins)
Locus Control Region (LCR)
Lupus anticoagulant
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphocytes
Lymphocytosis
Lymphoma cells
Lymphomas
Follicular
Marginal zone lymphoma
M-protein
Macrocytic anemia
Macrophages
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)
Major molecular response (MMR)
Malabsorption
Malignancies
MALT
Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)
Marrow fibrosis
Marrow transplantation
Mast cells
Matched siblings
Macrophage
MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndromes)
Megakaryocytes
Melphalan
Mercaptopurine
Metamyelocyte
Myelocyte
Myeloblast
Methemoglobin
Methotrexate
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex)
Microvasculature
Minimal residual disease
Molecular Background of Hematology
MOPP
Mortality
MRNA
Mucositis
Multiple myeloma
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Myelofibrosis
Myeloma multiple
Myeloperoxidase
Myeloproliferative Disorders (MPDs)
Myelosuppression
Nausea
Neonates
Neutropenia
Neutropenic fever
Neutrophil count, normal
Neutrophil function
Neutrophilia
NK cells
NLPHL (Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin)
Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin (NLPHL)
NonHodgkin lymphoma
Normal Cytogenetics
Normal Hemoglobin
Normal NBT test
Normal PT
Normal RIPA
Nucleotides
Nucleated RBC
Oncogenes
Organ damage
Organ transplantation
Extralymphatic
PAI-1
Pancytopenia
Panel hypercoagulable
Hypercoagulable
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Parvo virus
Patient uremic
Immunosuppressed
PBG
Papenheimer bodies
PBSCs (Peripheral blood stem cells)
PCALCL
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
PCR, real-time
Pegfilgrastim
Peripheral blood
Peripheral blood flow cytometry
Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral smear
PET scan
PCR
Petechiae
PFA (Platelet Functional Assay)
PFK
Phlebotomy
Plasma Cell Dyscriasis
Plasma cells
Plasma exchange
Plasma reactive antibody (PRA)
Plasmapheresis
Plasmin
Platelet activation
Platelet aggregation
Platelet count normal
Platelet Disorders
Platelet function
Platelet function defects
Platelet function disorder
Platelet Functional Assay (PFA)
Platelet replacement
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
Platelet size
Platelet transfusions
PLL (Prolymphocytic Leukemia)
PML (Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
PNH (Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria)
PNH clone
Promyelocyte
Point mutations
Porphobilinogen
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Porphyrias
Varigeate porphyria
Post transfusion purpura (PTP)
Postpartum
PRA (plasma reactive antibody)
PRBC (packed red blood cells)
Prednisone
Primary CNS Lymphoma
Primary immune thrombocytopenia
Procarbazine
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Promyelocytic leukemia, acute
Prophylax
Prothrombin
Protoporphyrin
PRP (platelet-rich plasma)
PTCLs (Peripheral T-cell lymphoma)
PTP (post transfusion purpura)
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
PV (Polycythemia Vera)
QTc prolongation
Qualitative defect
Quantitative defect
R-bendamustine
R-CHOP
RA (rheumatoid arthritis)
Radiation
RFLP
RBC Transfusions
Recombinant erythropoietin
Recombinant factor
Recombinant factor VII
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Red cell aplasia, pure
Relapse/refractory disease
Reticulocyte count
Retinoic acid
RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism)
Ringed sideroblasts
RIPA
Rituximab
RNA premessenger
RT-PCR
SBD (Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond)
Schistocytes
Serum monoclonal paraprotein
Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell trait
Sickledex test
Sideroblastic Anemia (SA)
Sinus vein thrombosis
SLL (Small Lymphocytic lymphoma)
Small Lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
SOMATIC mutation
Somatocytes
Soulier, Bernard
SPEP
Spur cells
Spherocytes
Spleen
SRA (Serotonin release assay)
Stem cell factor (SCF)
Stem Cell Transplant in Aplastic Anemia Patients
Stem Cell Transplantation
Autologous stem cell transplant
Hematopoietic stem cells
Steroids
Strokes
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Syndrome acute chest
Nephrotic syndrome
Systemic Mastocytosis (SM)
T-cell lymphoma
Target cells
TBI (total body irradiation)
Thalassemia
Thalassemia trait
Thrombin
Thrombin time
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytosis
Thrombophilia
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura/Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TKI (tyrosine kinase inhibitor)
TMD
TNF (tumor necrosis factor)
Total body irradiation (TBI)
TPO
TRALI (Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury)
Transferrin
Transferrin saturation
Transfusion Medicine
Translocations
Treatment of anemia
Treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes patients
Treatment of sickle cell anemia mouse model
TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura)
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)
Upper Extremity DVT
Uric acid
USMLE
Vein thrombosis
Mesenteric and portal vein thrombosis
Veno occlusive disease (VOD)
VII, rFactor
Vinblastine
Vincristine
Vitamin B12
VTE
VTE prophylaxis
vWF antigen
vWF deficiency
vWF levels
Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Willebrand von activity
Willebrand von antigen
Willebrand von multimers
Willebrand von ristocetin activity
Willebrand's von disease , X-linked sideroblastic anemia