Leukoreduction: Current state of the art

Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 282-287

  Dzik, S ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Blood filtration; Leukocyte reduction; Leukodepletion; Leukoreduction

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIMERA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEMOLYSIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOPENIA; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031690701     PISSN: 10198466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053438     Document Type: Review

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