Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 4th, 1998
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Blood Banking (Platelet Concentrates) - Transfusion Reaction Associated with Duration of Storage
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Annual Screening Reveals Tumors Too Late for Treatment
Immunology (Leishmaniasis) - Nitric Oxide Is Produced In Vivo
Rift Valley Fever - Virus Outbreak in Kenya Linked to Heavy Rains
Conference Coverage (Palm Springs Symposium) - Patient's Anti-HIV Sera Key To Cross-Clade Neutralization
HHV-8 - Cell Line System Should Help Clarify Pathogenic Role of Viral IL-6
Atherosclerosis - "Sticky" Blood May Underlie Development of Early Blood Vessel Damage in Men
Blood Substitutes - Approval Received for Hemolink Use in Trial in United Kingdom
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - U.S. Study Raises New Worries on Mad Cow Disease
Needle Exchange Programs - U.S. Backs Needle Exchanges But Refuses Funds
Stem Cell Transplant - Bone Marrow Engraftment Patent Issued Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Blood Banking - "Ethnic Origin and Tissue Types of Units Stored in the London Cord Blood Bank."
Blood Safety - "Bacterial Safety of Platelets."
Blood Safety - "Viral Safety of Platelet Concentrates."
Immunology (Malaria) - "Implication of the Knops Blood Group in P. falciparum Malaria and a Possible Role for the Sl(a-) Phenotype."
Blood Safety (HCV) - "Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus-inoculated Chimpanzees Reveals Unexpected Clinical Profiles."
Blood Screening - "Whole Blood Screening Test for Factor V Leiden Using a Russell Viper Venom Time-based Assay."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Multicenter Evaluation of the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV Assay, an Integrated PCR System for Rapid Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in the Diagnostic Laboratory."
Diagnostics (HIV) - "Optimization of Specimen-handling Procedures for Accurate Quantitation of Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA in Plasma by Reverse Transcriptase PCR."
Transfusion Medicine - "Frequency, Predictors, and Appropriateness of Blood Transfusion After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions."
Transfusion Medicine - "Preoperative Autologous Donation Decreases Allogeneic Transfusion But Increases Exposure to All Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Results of a Meta-analysis."
Transfusion Medicine - "Reduction of Allogeneic Blood Transfusions After Open Heart Operations by Lowering Cardiopulmonary Bypass Prime Volume."
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