This course provides the dental student with an interdisciplinary, integrated approach to the basic science and clinical medicine framework for understanding the fundamentals of the hematopoietic and lymphatic systems. The course will introduce students to biochemical, genetic, pathological, pharmacologic, and immunologic considerations as the basis for an approach to the pathophysiology and clinical evaluation and treatment of anemia, hemoglobinopathies, white blood cell disorders, primary immunodeficiency disorders, leukemias and lymphomas, multiple myeloma, myeloproliferative disorders, hemostasis disorders, platelet disorders, transfusion medicine, lymphedema, select infectious disease considerations, along with other specialized topics.
DMDSYS-751: Hematology & Lymph
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