Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine

Harvey Klein is Chief, Department of Transfusion Medicine, NIH Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Centre and past-President of the American Association of Blood Banks. He is a recognized leader in defining transfusion medicine as a broader-based clinical and laboratory consultative subspecialty. Dr. Klein has published widely, authoring or co-authoring more than 150 publications, including journal articles and book chapters on transfusion medicine in major textbooks on hematology, internal medicine, and blood banking. He is on the editorial boards of Transfusion and Transfusion Medicine Reviews. Professor David Anstee is the Director of the Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences, as affiliated Institute of the University of Bristol which includes the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre. He is also the Research co-ordinator for the National Blood Service in England and the former editor of the journal, Transfusion Medicine.

• Preface to twelfth edition vPreface to eleventh edition viiPreface to first edition ixIn memoriam: Professor Mollison xi1 Blood donors and the withdrawal of blood 12 Transfusion of blood, blood components and plasma alternatives in oligaemia 223 Immunology of red cells 534 ABO, H, LE, P1PK, GLOB, I and FORS blood group systems 1185 The Rh blood group system (including LW and RHAG) 1676 Other red cell antigens 2147 Red cell antibodies against self-antigens, bound antigens and induced antigens 2598 Blood grouping techniques 3039 The transfusion of red cells 35610 Red cell incompatibility in vivo 41111 Haemolytic transfusion reactions 45812 Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn 49913 Immunology of leucocytes, platelets and plasma components 54914 The transfusion of platelets, leucocytes, haematopoietic progenitor cells and plasma components 61115 Some unfavourable effects of transfusion 66016 Infectious agents transmitted by transfusion 69617 Exchange transfusion and haemapheresis 76418 Alternatives to allogeneic transfusion 80019 Plasma fractionation and fractionation products 846Appendices 873Index 892Colour plate section facing p. 148