Download or read book An Introduction to Human Blood Groups written by Fulton Roberts and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Human Blood Groups provides an introduction to human blood groups. The book begins with a chapter on elementary serological matters. This is followed by separate chapters on the Rhesus factor, hemolytic disease of the newborn, Rhesus antibodies, the Rh complex, blood-group nomenclature and notation, and the MNS system. Subsequent chapters deal with the ABO system, the P and Lewis blood-group systems, the relationship of blood groups to disease, and human blood-group genetics. The final chapter considers whether blood groups can contribute to the study of mankind.