The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Apheresis Applications Committee is charged with a review and categorization of indications for therapeutic apheresis. Beginning with the 2007 ASFA Special Issue (fourth edition), the subcommittee has incorporated systematic review and evidence-based approach in the grading and categorization of indications. This Fifth ASFA Special Issue has further imp...

This is the fourth edition of this well-known book .and the ninth edition of the original book published by Dr. L. C. Parkes. The new edition has been carefully revised and new matter has been introduced. We have several times expressed our appreciation of the value of this book and the new edition is more than ever reliable, accurate and up-to-date. For the busy practitioner who is not a speci...

“Which test provides the better measurement of intelligence, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) or the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)?” is an important question to professional psychologists; however, it has become a critical issue in Atkins cases wherein courts are often presented with divergent Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ) scores on the WAIS-III...

The present study examined the factor structure of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV; D. Wechsler, 2008a) standardization sample using exploratory factor analysis, multiple factor extraction criteria, and higher order exploratory factor analysis (J. Schmid & J. M. Leiman, 1957) not included in the WAIS-IV Technical and Interpretation Manual (D. Wechsler, 2008b). Res...

Dimensional structures underlying the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) and Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition (WMS-III) were compared to determine whether the revised measure has a more coherent and clinically relevant factor structure. Principal component analyses were conducted in normative samples reported in the respective technical manuals. Empirically supported procedures gu...

This chapter will explore the underlying molecular and genetic processes by which FA contributes to conditions such as bone marrow failure, leukemia, squamous cell carcinoma, endocrine abnormalities, and mild-to-severe birth defects (1-3). In general, these conditions arise from genetic mutations that cause chromosome instability and reduce the cell’s ability to repair damage to DNA. At publica...