Chimerism: A Clinical Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030078817 ISBN 13: 9783030078812

Publisher: Springer, 2020

Synopsis

This text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of chimerism. The first part of the volume presents the causes of chimerism, specifically focusing on fertilization and early embryonic errors, pregnancy and multiple gestations, and transplantation and transfusion.

About this title

About the Author

Nicole L. Draper, MDUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineDepartment of PathologyAurora, CO USA

From the Back Cover

This text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of chimerism. The first part of the volume presents the causes of chimerism, specifically focusing on fertilization and early embryonic errors, pregnancy and multiple gestations, and transplantation and transfusion. The second part of the volume outlines clinical identification and consequences of chimerism. Chapters in this section focus on the effects of chimerism on testing in relationship determination and forensics, prenatal genetic testing and screening, and blood and HLA typing. This part also reviews new data concerning matching donors and recipients for transplantation, while outlining the risks of transplantation, such as graft-vs-host disease and passenger lymphocyte syndrome. Additionally, evidence on the role of chimerism in autoimmune disease and cancer is presented.
Written by experts in the field, Chimerism: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030078817
• ISBN 13: 9783030078812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Draper Nicole L.