Platelet washing to prevent recurrent febrile reactions to leucocyte-reduced transfusions

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-47

  Vo, T D ^a   Cowles, J ^a   Heal, J M ^a   Blumberg, N ^a,b  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Blood transfusion; Leukaemia; Malignancy; Platelets; Therapeutic use; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD BANKS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0035123106     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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