,Practical Transfusion Medicine
FIFTH EDITION
Edited By
Michael F. Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPath
Professor of Blood Transfusion Medicine
University of Oxford
Consultant Haematologist
NHS Blood and Transplant and Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford, UK
David J. Roberts, MB, ChB, D.Phil, FRCPath
Professor of Haematology
University of Oxford
Consultant Haematologist
NHS Blood and Transplant and Department of Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford, UK
Mark H. Yazer, MD
Professor of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Immunology
University of Southern Denmark
Odense, Denmark
Medical Director
RBC Serology Reference Laboratory, ITXM Centralized Transfusion Service
Associate Medical Director
ITXM Centralized Transfusion Service
Pittsburgh, USA
, This edition first published 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Murphy, Michael F. (Michael Furber), editor. | Roberts, David J. (David John)
(Consultant hematologist), editor. | Yazer, Mark H., editor.
Title: Practical transfusion medicine / edited by Michael F. Murphy, David J. Roberts, Mark H. Yazer.
Description: Fifth edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017. |
Preceded by Practical transfusion medicine / edited by Michael F. Murphy,
Derwood H. Pamphilon, Nancy M. Heddle. 4th ed. 2013. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053360 | ISBN 9781119129417 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119129448 (Adobe pdf ) |
ISBN 9781119129424 (epub)
Subjects: | MESH: Blood Transfusion | Blood Grouping and Crossmatching |
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation | Blood Preservation |
Cross Infection–prevention & control
Classification: LCC RM171 | NLM WB 356 | DDC 615.3/9–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016053360
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