Improved platelet compatiblity of water vapour glow discharge treated non-woven poly(ethylene terephthalate) leukocyte-reduction filters for different types of platelet concentrates

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-205

  Kostelijk, E H ^a   Klomp, A J A ^b   Engbers, G H M ^b   Gouwerok, C W N ^a   Verhoeven, A J ^a   Van Aken, W G ^a,b   Feijen, J ^b   De Korte, D ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leukocyte filtration; Platelet concentrates

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0034958232     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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