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Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Includes bibliographical references and index.;Blood donors and the withdrawal of blood -- Transfusion of blood, blood components and plasma alternatives in oligaemia -- Immunology of red cells -- ABO,H, LE, P,GLOB and I Blood Group Systems -- The Rh blood group system (including LW and RHAG) -- Other red cell antigens -- Red cell antibodies against self- antigens, bound antigens and induced antigens -- Blood grouping techniques -- The transfusion of red cells -- Red cell incompatibility in vivo -- Haemolytic transfusion reactions -- Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn -- Immunology of leucocytes, platelets and plasma components -- The transfusion of platelets, leucocytes, haematopoietic progenitor cells, and plasma components -- Some unfavourable effects of transfusion -- Infectious agents transmitted by transfusion -- Exchange transfusion and haemapheresis -- Alternatives to allogeneic transfusion -- Plasma fractionation and fractionation products.;Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ebrary, viewed on August 3, 2015).;Title page; Copyright page; Preface to twelfth edition; Preface to eleventh edition; Preface to first edition; In memoriam: Patrick Loudon Mollison; 1 Blood donors and the withdrawal of blood; Blood donation; Donation of whole blood; Blood management in face of a disaster; 2 Transfusion of blood, blood components and plasma alternatives in oligaemia; The response to blood loss; Restoration of intravascular volume by blood, blood components and plasma alternatives; Plasma alternatives (substitutes); Transfusion in special clinical settings; 3 Immunology of red cells; Red cell antigens;Red cell antibodiesImmune responses to red cell antigens; Lectins; Reaction between antigen and antibody; Complement; 4 ABO, H, LE, P1PK, GLOB, I and FORS blood group systems; The ABO and H systems; The LE system; The P1PK and GLOB blood group systems; The Ii antigens and antibodies; Biosynthetic relationships of the P, HAB* (ABH), Ii and Lewis antigens; The FORS blood group system; 5 The Rh blood group system (including LW and RHAG); Rh antigens and genes; Rh antibodies; Rh D immunization by transfusion; Suppression of primary Rh D immunization by passively administered anti-D;6 Other red cell antigensThe Kell (K) and Kx systems; The Duffy (Fy) system; The Kidd (Jk) system; The MNSs system; The Lutheran (Lu) system; The Di, "Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine is an icon in the field of transfusion and the first edition was published in 1951. The book arose from the concept of the transfusionist, as both scientist and expert consultant. For many years, this text has provided the primary, and often the sole, reference for detailed information and practical experience in blood transfusion. The book is completely revised and updated throughout to include the latest advances and developments in the field"--Provided by publisher.