American Association of Blood Banks

Acid citrate dextrose

An anticoagulant solution: A substance that prevents the clotting or thickening of blood.

Disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

An acute (sudden onset), rapidly progressing form of leukemia that is characterized by the presence in the blood and bone marrow of large numbers of unusually immature white blood cells that would nor [..]

Acute myeloid leukemia (also known as acute myelogenous leukemia), a quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow. Specif [..]

A solution specifically formulated to maintain beneficial properties of cellular components during storage.

Preservative solution for red blood cells containing sodium chloride, adenine, glucose and mannitol.

An adult onset malignancy of mature T lymphocytes (T cells) caused by infection with the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), and characterized by circulating malignant T-lymphocytes, skin lesions, lymp [..]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome