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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 31, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792317327
ISBN-13: 978-0792317326.

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The provocative title stems from the recent International Blood Transfusion Symposium in Groningen, The Netherlands held under the auspicies of the World Health Organization (WHO), International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) and Council of Europe (CoE). Transfusion medicine is a new discipline which has a wide remit. As defined recently, transfusion medicine deals with that part of the healthcare system which undertakes appropriate provision and use of human blood resources; transfusion practice is therefore a collective activity linking the blood donor with the patient. Transfusion medicine occupies areas in which it is deemed to be important or even essential that medical practitioners contribute to this bridging process. The broad issues and complex practices are presented in the masterly Introduction by the WHO’s Assistant Director General with emphasis on education and multidisciplinary facets involving transfusion medicine. The challenging subjects are dealt in great details with a wealth of personal experience by 24 experts from the U.K., France, The Netherlands, U.S.A., Australia, Germany, Sweden, WHO and the Council of Europe. This is a comprehensive yet concise state of the art presentation involving donor and delivery system, ethics and legal elements, effects of modern techniques, importance of management and the future directions in this new economic environment. The book has been divided into four sections which discuss both the facts and the fiction.

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 30, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792313313
ISBN-13: 978-0792313311.

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While the enzyme cascade that allows coagulation is well known physiologically, its elegant practical examples are vividly demonstrable in the clinical application of blood and components for the treatment of bleeding problems in surgery, trauma or in congenital deficiency in patients. This volume provides the fundamental and recent understanding relating to coagulation pathways, recombinant technology and other methods for coagulation factor production, up to date laboratory assay, preservation of cellular and plasma components, and their clinical use in surgery and medicine, including the immuno response to repeated challenge to contaminating protein in coagulation factor concentrates. The interrelated but multi-disciplinary chapters have been integrated in four sections: Principles and Fundamentals: Mechanism of thrombin formation, structure-function relationship of coagulation proteins, role of calcium and anticoagulant, blood collection on haemostatic potential of plasma proteins and platelets; Factor VIII yields from anticoagulant exchanged plasma; Preservation Aspects: Platelet function preservation, platelet interaction with vessel wall, trends in the use of coagulation factor concentrate, immuno purification of Factor VIII, and structural and fundamental properties of recombinant coagulation factors; Laboratory Aspects: Platelets counting and function testing, platelet crossmatch predictive value, clinical efficacy of platelet concentrate, protein C and protein S, principle of coagulation factor assay, standardisation of clotting factor assays, and clinical efficacy of clotting factor concentrates.

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Hardcover: 308 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 31, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792313127
ISBN-13: 978-0792313120.

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Hardcover: 928 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 30, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0746201133
ISBN-13: 978-0746201138.

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Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 19, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471944009
ISBN-13: 978-0471944003.

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Immunology: A Comparative Approach discusses the immunological features of a wide range of living organisms. It considers the merits of the laboratory mouse as an immunological representative; opportunities for bypassing technical obstacles in one model by using another; the immunological implications of changes in overall structure, physiology and way of life; and progress made in the study of defence mechanisms in animals and plants of commercial importance. This book is written for students and research workers with some knowledge of mainstream immunology who are curious about the advances, opportunities and challenges in comparative work.

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Paperback: 506 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (January 24, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471517070
ISBN-13: 978-0471517078.

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Adheres to the principle that immunology is best taught by examining those key experiments that have led to our present understanding of how the immune system works–not by simply lumbering students with a compendium of facts. Wherever possible, the book describes the original experiments and resulting data, ranging from classical experiments of the late 19th century to the very latest advances in molecular immunology. In addition, a final section discusses recent advances in immunology as they apply to human disease. The first text on immunology to use this experimental approach, it has been much-copied but remains the most comprehensive text of its type in the field and is suitable for courses at any undergraduate level.

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Hardcover: 362 pages
Publisher: Elsevier (March 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0444506535
ISBN-13: 978-0444506535.

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Hardbound. This book presents an integration of recent knowledge of virology, molecular biology and immunology focusing on intractable liver diseases. It reports on mechanisms of liver injury e.g. viral hepatitis, fulminant hepatic failure, autoimmune hepatitis, and hepatocarcinogenesis based on the evidence from both clinical and basic research e.g. genetic diversities or transgenic mice models. It also explains current concepts and new strategies to treat alcoholic liver diseases, interferon resistant hepatitis C virus, liver cirrhosis, fulminant hepatic failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma e.g. new drugs, immunotherapy, gene therapy or living related liver transplantation. The authors are all front runners in current hepatology and give us proper information on each topic. The book will be of interest to all clinicians and basic scientists devoted to hepatology and will be a useful guide to reveal what we can do now and what we should do to treat.

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415298296
ISBN-13: 978-0415298292.

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Suitable for medical students, nurses, and laboratory technicians, this book focuses on clinical problems seen in practice. It includes self-assessment questions and case histories to aid learning and understanding.

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Hardcover: 332 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 12, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415282071
ISBN-13: 978-0415282079.

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Louisiana State Univ. New Orleans. Text offers a detailed discussion on the mechanisms of tumor escape from the immune response. Concepts regarding the changes in tumor cells and the immune system are addressed providing a more cohesive understanding of the process.

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Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 11 edition (May 19, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071700285
ISBN-13: 978-0071700283.

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Ace the USMLE Step 1 and course exams with the most concise, easy-to-use, and frequently updated medical microbiology and immunology review

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To put your preparation for USMLE Step 1 and course exams on the fast track, only one resource will do: Review of Medical Microbiology and Immuniology. Completely updated throughout, the Eleventh Edition presents a high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. Importantly, the book also emphasizes the real-world clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases. One look, and you’ll see why it’s the defnitive microbiology course and exam quick review!

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