Approaches in Leukemia diagnosis for developing laboratories

Disease patterns of some hematologic disorders and leukemia in this regard are dynamically changing and are coming common problems of Africa and Ethiopia in particular. Indeed in most hospitals personnel working around the issue of leukemia diagnosis have limited resources and capacities to analyze blood disease and as a result mis –diagnosis is common. Consequently the prevalence and pattern of blood disorders is not well known and thus proper management of hematologic patients is not well addressed. Therefore personnel equipped with knowledge and advanced technologies in such respects is mandatory to help in investigation and diagnosis of patients for better treatment and management. Thus this book aims to elucidate the proper channels techniques and technologies of leukemia diagnosis to follow to develop leukemia diagnosis in developing laboratories. In addition it further helps students and laboratory workers to have proper images of cells in different types of leukemia.