Advantages of isovolemic large-volume erythrocytapheresis as a rapidly effective and long-lasting treatment modality for red blood cell depletion in patients with polycythemia vera

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-134

  Kaboth, U ^a   Rumpf, K W ^a   Liersch, T ^a   Vehmeyer, K ^a   Krieter, D ^a   Kaboth, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b O   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erythrocytapheresis; Erythroid progenitor cells; Iron deficiency; Phlebotomy; Polycythemia vera; Prevention of secondary malignancy; Primary erythrocytosis; Therapeutic cytapheresis

Indexed keywords

CYTAPHERESIS; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CYTAPHERESIS; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031129122     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1997.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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