Evaluation of a new prestorage leukoreduction filter for red blood cell units

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-106

  AuBuchon, J P ^a,f   Elfath, M D ^b   Popovsky, M A ^c   Stromberg, R R ^d   Pickard, C ^a   Herschel, L ^a   Whitley, P ^b   McNeil, D ^b   Arnold, N ^c   O'Connor, J L ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^d HemaSure Inc ^*

^e Hemasure Inc   (United States)

^f Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031027638     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.7220101.x     Document Type: Article

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