Exchange transfusion with red blood cells preserved in adenine clears a child of severe falciparum malaria

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-195

  Boctor, Fouad N ^a   Ali, Named M ^a   Choi, Young J ^a   Morse, Edward E ^b  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENINE; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CHILD; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MANNITOL; PLASMA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030956665     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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