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1 online resource (480 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; THE ERNEST WTTEBSKY MEMORIAL LECTURE; Red but Not Dead: Not a Hapless Sac of Hemoglobin; PART I: INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND THEIR REMOVAL FROM BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS; Viral Contamination of Blood Components and Approaches for Reduction of Infectivity; Reducing the Infectivity of Blood Components -- What We Have Learned; Photodynamic Virus Inactivation of Blood Components; Leukocyte Filtration Mechanisms: Factors Influencing the Removal of Infectious Agents from Red Cell Concentrates |
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Use of Leukodepletion Filters for the Removal of BacteriaTransfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus Infection; PART II: TESTING FOR INFECTIOUS AGENTS; Existing Problems in the Testing for Infectious Diseases; Testing Blood Donors for HIV: Current Controversies; Hepatitis Testing; Bacterial Contamination of Blood Products and the Value of Pre-transfusion Testing; PART III: ALLOTYPES; What Is Important on the Red Blood Cell Surface; Functional Factors in the Red Cell Membrane: Interactions Between the Membrane and Its Underlying Skeleton |
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Hot Spots in the Red Cell Membrane: Molecular Aspects of Some Red Cell AntigensBlood Group Antigens as Tumor Markers, Parasitic/Bacterial/Viral Receptors, and Their Association with Immunologically Important Proteins; The Role of the Lymphocyte in an Immune Response; Neutrophil Antigens, from Bench to Bedside; Anti-idiotypes to HLA and Their Role in Transplantation; PART IV: IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION; Immunologic Effects of Blood Transfusion; Transfusion Reactions: The Changing Priorities; Blood Transfusion, Blood Storage, and Immunomodulation |
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The Tumor Growth-Promoting Effect of Allogeneic Blood TransfusionsThe Role of Cytokines in Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions; The Role of Cytokines and Adhesive Molecules in Febrile Non-hemolytic Transfusion Reactions; Neonatal Anemia: Pathophysiology and Treatment; Quality of Platelet Concentrates; The Quality of Red Blood Cells; Growth Factors and Cord Blood Stem and Progenitor Cells; The Development and Use of Oxygen-Carrying Blood Substitutes; Novel Cellular Therapies; PART V: TRANSFUSION STRATEGIES; Transfusion Strategies: Opportunities for Improvement |
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Transfusion-Associated Graft-Versus-Host Disease and the Irradiation of Blood ComponentsAutologous Blood Transfusion: Evaluation of an Alternative Strategy in Reducing Exposure to Allogeneic Blood Transfusion; Hematopoietic Stem Cells: ""Form -- Method -- Characteristics; Uses of Intravenous Gammaglobulin in Immune Hematologic Disease; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Based on the proceedings of the International Convocation on Immunology held recently at the State University of New York at Buffalo, this up-to-date resource provides a state-of-the-art examination of blood transfusion practice and its future possibilities. Explains the immunological effects of blood transfusion as well as its immunological and microbiological hazards and offers potential remedies! |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Blood -- Transfusion.
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Alloytpes
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Immunological Effects Of Blood Transfusion
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Infectious Agents And Their Removal From Blood And Blood Components
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Testing For Infectious Agents
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Transfusion Strategies
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Blood Transfusion
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MEDICAL -- Hematology.
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MEDICAL -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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Blood -- Transfusion
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781482273441 |
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1482273446 |
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9780429082597 |
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0429082592 |
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