Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 7th, 1996
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Transfusion (Cytomegalovirus) - No Effect Detected on Development of CMV AIDS in Hemophiliacs
Blood Banking - Clearance Applied To Market Automated CryoSeal System
Blood Substitutes (Volume Expanders) - Classification of Coagulation Disorder Aims at New Therapies
Coagulation - Neutralase Positive Interim Cardiac Bypass Results Announced
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - Fauci: Modulation of Cell Factors Could Halt Spread of HIV
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - Monotherapy Called "Substandard Practice"
HIV (Testing) - Home Access HIV-1 System Available at Eckerd Drugstores
International (Asia) - Blood Safety: Improvements Needed In Thailand
Plasma Cell Tumors - Tumors Amenable to HSVtk/GCV Suicide Gene Therapy
Therapy (HCV) - IFN-(alpha) Does Not Cause Factor VIII Inhibitors in Hemophiliacs
Transfusion (Autologous) - Hemodilution Is More Cost Effective Than Preoperative Donation
Transfusions - High Anti-p24 Titre Maintained with Biweekly Antibody Transfusion
Transplantation - Technique Is Feasible for Resuscitation of Livers
Upcoming Meetings - Scientists To Present Second Abstract at AABB Meeting
Xenotransplantation - FDA Guidelines Available
Banking (Blood Safety) - "Yersinia enterocolitica-Contaminated Red Blood Cells (RBCs)-An Emerging Threat to Blood Safety."
Diagnostics (CMV) - "Lack of Value of Surveillance Blood, Urine, and Throat Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Cultures in Predicting CMV Disease in Liver Transplant Recipients."
Disease Associations - "Correlation of Blood Cytomegalovirus Detection with Clinical Disease in AIDS Patients: Value of the Antigenemia Assay."
Epidemiology (Hepatitis) - "Critical Issues in the Epidemiology of Hepatitis C and G."
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - "Relationship of Universal Precautions (UP) Knowledge to Sharps Injury (SI) Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study."
Transmission (CMV) - "Primary Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Liver Transplantation: Comparison Between Donor Organ and Transfusion Transmitted Infection."
Transmission (Hepatitis) - "Prospective Study of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers HCV Positive/HIV Negative, to Infant, Frequency and Risk Factors."
Blood Banking (HCV) - "Detection of Hepatitis C Virus by PCR in Second-Generation Enzyme Immunoassay-Seropositive Blood Donors by using Matched Pairs of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Pilot Tube Sera."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Second-Generation Line Probe Assay for Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping."
Fanconi Anemia - "Prolonged Administration of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (Filgrastim) to Patients with Fanconi Anemia: A Pilot Study."
Transfusion (GB Virus) - "A Prospective Study of Transfusion-Transmitted GB Virus C Infection: Similar Frequency but Different Clinical Presentation Compared with Hepatitis C Virus."
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