Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine

Preface to twelfth edition v Preface to eleventh edition vii Preface to first edition ix In memoriam: Professor Mollison xi 1 Blood donors and the withdrawal of blood 1 2 Transfusion of blood, blood components and plasma alternatives in oligaemia 22 3 Immunology of red cells 53 4 ABO, H, LE, P1PK, GLOB, I and FORS blood group systems 118 5 The Rh blood group system (including LW and RHAG) 167 6 Other red cell antigens 214 7 Red cell antibodies against self-antigens, bound antigens and induced antigens 259 8 Blood grouping techniques 303 9 The transfusion of red cells 356 10 Red cell incompatibility in vivo 411 11 Haemolytic transfusion reactions 458 12 Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn 499 13 Immunology of leucocytes, platelets and plasma components 549 14 The transfusion of platelets, leucocytes, haematopoietic progenitor cells and plasma components 611 15 Some unfavourable effects of transfusion 660 16 Infectious agents transmitted by transfusion 696 17 Exchange transfusion and haemapheresis 764 18 Alternatives to allogeneic transfusion 800 19 Plasma fractionation and fractionation products 846 Appendices 873 Index 892 Colour plate section facing p. 148