THIRD EDITION OF A CONCISE BOOK ON MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY IS NOW APPEARING IN AN UPGRADED AND ENLARGED VERSION.  SO THE BOOK HAS BEEN RENAMED AS MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY, DROPPING THE WORD CONCISE, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND INVESTIGATION TECHNOLOGY ARE ADVANCING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH EVERY PASSING DAY. THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THIS EDITION DR. HEMANTA KOLEY AND MR. ASHOK KUMAR KHAN FOR THEIT UNSTINTING SUPPORT. i AM ALSO INDEBTED  TO MY WIFE CHHABI RANI MAITI, MY DAUGHTER NIVEDITA KOLEY AND DEBJANI MAITI, AND MY GRAND DAUGHTER SANHITA KOLEY FOR THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF THIS EDITION.

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