Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine Book

Now in its eighth edition, this book has once more been extensively revised. In this edition Professor Engelfriet contributes his knowledge on every aspect of the immunohaematology of red cells, leucocytes and platelets, while Dr Contreras, conveys her practical experience in the field of blood supply, including such problems as dealing with donors with a positive test for HTLV-III/LAV. New topics, or those dealt with in more detail than in the previous edition include: the impact of knowledge of red cell antigens derived from studies with monoclonal antibodies, problems of bone-marrow grafting, syndromes produced by passenger' lymphocytes in transplanted organs and features of Rh haemolytic disease in 20-week foetuses as revealed by blood sampling in utero . The importance of the transmission of disease by blood transfusion is recognised by devoting a separate chapter to the subject and the book is an source of reference to all qualified practitioners requiring a thorough grounding in the subject, and to those specializing in this aspect of medicine. Reference.