Morphology of blood disorders, G.D'Onofrio & G.Zini, (B. Bain translator) 2nd edition, Wiley Blackwell2015. ISBN: 978‐1‐118‐44260‐9 hardcover $220, e‐book $176.99
Carlo Brugnara · American Journal of Hematology · 2015
Blood morphology examination is a fundamental step in the diagnosis and monitoring of hematological diseases. Although a large number of on-line tools are available to both trainees and hematologist-oncologists, textbooks like “Morphology of Blood Disorders” still play a central and unique role in the training the new generation of blood professionals as well as in providing an authoritative and comprehensive reference tool. The two authors, Giuseppe D'Onofrio and Gina Zini, both from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy are recognized experts in the morphology of blood and bone marrow. They have teamed up with Prof. Barbara Bain, from Imperial College London, the foremost authority on morphology of blood elements, to produce an exceptionally well-illustrated and detailed textbook, covering both benign and malignant hematology. In many sections, blood morphology is accompanied by output data from hematology analyzers, providing an additional piece of the puzzle that most of the other textbooks on this matter have failed to adequately consider. Prof. Bain has captured the subtleties and nuances of the original Italian text and married them with an eloquent and incisive prose which beautifully describes both images and pathophysiology. A major strength of this textbook is the number and quality of the images as well as the detailed descriptions contained in the legends. I highly recommend “Morphology of Blood Disorders” for hematologists, hemopathologists, and clinical laboratory professionals, both as a training instrument and a reference tool. Carlo Brugnara Department of Laboratory Medicine Boston Children's Hospital 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 760 Boston, MA 02115. E-mail: [email protected]