Applications of therapeutic apheresis in patients with malignant disease

Oncologist

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-103

  Pineda, Alvaro A ^a   Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Apheresis and malignancy; Clinical applications; Cytapheresis; Plasma exchange; Therapeutic apheresis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LEUKAPHERESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOLID TUMOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0030987971     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2-2-94     Document Type: Review

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