title: Autologous blood transfusion: indications and potential use in the UK.
abstract: Awareness of the potential benefits of autologous blood transfusion (ABT) has recently increased since the advent of AIDS. The risk of transmission of this and other diseases by blood transfusion in the UK is very small. Nevertheless, ABT can play a useful complementary role to the homologous blood supply.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001771:Blood Banks; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom