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Information about hematology and blood disorders, including blood donations, blood banking, blood transfusion, bone marrow transplantation, aplastic anemia, anemia of folate deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, hemolytic anemia.

Detailed information on thalassemias, including alpha thalassemia, beta thalassemia (Cooley's anemia)

Thrombocythemia is a disease in which your bone marrow makes too many platelets. This can cause too much clotting or not enough clotting. Read on to learn more.

A blood transfusion is a procedure in which you receive blood or parts of blood through an I.V. (intravenous) line.

Avascular necrosis develops when blood supply to a bone is cut off. This causes the bone to die and can cause pain and joint problems.

A typical bone in your body contains three types of tissue: a hard outer tissue, a sponge-like inner tissue, and smooth tissue at the ends.

Detailed information on bone cancers, including chondrosarcoma, ewings sarcoma, myeloma bone disease, multiple myeloma, and osteosarcoma

Detailed information on bone disorders, including avascular necrosis, fibrous dysplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteomyelitis, Paget's disease of the bone, and primary hyperparathyroidism

A chondroblastoma is a rare type of noncancerous bone tumor that begins in cartilage. This is the specialized, gristly connective tissue from which most bones develop. It plays an important role in the growth process. There are many different types of cartilage in the body. Chondroblastoma most often affects the ends of the long bones, near the growth plate, in the arms at the shoulder, and in the legs at the hip and knee. It is also called Codman’s tumor.