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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

Cytogenetics

Cytopenias

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

EBV (Epstein-Barr virus)

ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group)

Elliptocytes

Engraftment

Eosinophilia

Epinephrine

Epistaxis

Epoetin alfa

ERT (Enzyme Replacement Therapy)

Erythrocytosis

Erythropoietin

ESAs (Erythropoietin Stimulating Agent)

Etoposide

Exchange transfusion

Colony-stimulating factor

Eeparin-platelet antibody

Intrinsic tissue factor activity

Factor deficiency

Factor IX

Factor replacement

Factor VIII activity

Factor VIII deficiency

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

Allogeneic stem cell transplant

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

Thrombosis

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