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Hematology and Blood Disorders Home

Overview of Blood and Blood Components

What Are Red Blood Cells?

What Are White Blood Cells?

What Are Platelets?

What Is Plasma?

What Are Stem Cells?

Blood Donations and Blood Banking

Cord Blood Banking

Blood Clotting Disorders in Children

Blood Disorders

Anemia

Aplastic Anemia

Hemolytic Anemia

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Megaloblastic (Pernicious) Anemia

Sickle Cell Disease

Thalassemia

Alpha Thalassemia

Beta Thalassemia (Cooley's Anemia)

Bleeding Disorders

Hemophilia

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplant


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