Membrane plasmapheresis in the United States: A review over the last 20 years

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 315-320

  Siami, Ghodrat A ^a,b   Siami, Flora S ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryofiltration apheresis; Low density lipoprotein pheresis; Plasma exchange; Plasma filters; Plasma fractionators; Thermofiltration.

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FILTRATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; PLASMA VOLUME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035156386     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2001.00316.x     Document Type: Review

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