Human blood groups [[electronic resource] /] / Geoff Daniels ; foreword by Ruth Sanger

• Record Nr.: UNISA996211780303316
• Autore: Daniels Geoff
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
• ISBN: 1405140070; 1-280-19718-8; 9786610197187; 0-470-70880-8; 1-4051-4007-0; 0-470-98701-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (572 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.1; 612.11825
• Soggetti: Blood groups
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Human Blood Groups; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Some abbreviations used; 1 Human blood groups:introduction, terminology,and function; 2 ABO,Hh,and Lewis systems; Part 1:History and introduction,7; Part 2:Biochemistry,inheritance,and biosynthesis of the ABH and Lewis antigens,9; Part 3:ABO,Hh,and secretor systems, 25; Part 4:Lewis system,59; Part 5:Tissue distribution,disease associations,and functional aspects,67; 3 MNS blood group system; 4 P blood groups; 5 Rh blood group system; 6 Lutheran blood group system; 7 Kell and Kx blood group systems; 8 Duffy blood group system; 9 Kidd blood group system10 Diego blood group system; 11 Yt blood group system; 12 Xg blood group system; 13 Scianna blood group system and the Radin antigen; 14 Dombrock blood group system; 15 Colton blood group system; 16 LW blood group system; 17 Chido/Rodgers blood group system; 18 Gerbich blood group system; 19 Cromer blood group system; 20 Knops blood group system and the Cost antigens; 21 Indian blood group system and the AnWj antigen; 22 Ok blood group system; 23 RAPH blood group system; 24 JMH blood ; group system; 25 Ii antigens and cold agglutination; 26 Er antigens; 27 Low frequency antigens28 High frequency antigens; 29 Sid antigens; 30 Human leukocyte associated (HLA)Class I antigens on red cells; 31 Polyagglutination and cryptantigens; 32 Blood group gene mapping; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Human Blood Groups is a comprehensive and fully referenced text covering scientific and clinical aspects of red cell surface antigens, including:serologyinheritancebiochemistrymolecular geneticsbiological functionsclinical significance in transfusion medicine Over a century has passed since Landsteiner discovered the human blood groups, making the practice of blood transfusion possible. Yet, in the six years since the first edition of Human Blood Groups was published, new blood groups have been dis