Provides medical and paramedical professionals with current information on blood transfusion medicine in the following areas: blood components, plasma derivatives, transfusion practices, hemostatic disorders, adverse effects of transfusion, hematopoietic progenitor cells, and therapeutic aphaeresis. Prepared in compliance with the 21st edition of the American Association of Blood Banks' Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services . 4.5x7.75<">. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)