Fundamentals of the psoralen-based helinxTM technology for inactivation of infectious pathogens and leukocytes in platelets and plasma

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 38, Issue 4 SUPPL. 11, 2001, Pages 4-11

  Wollowitz, Susan ^a  

^a CERUS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOTOSALEN; NUCLEIC ACID; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTAMINATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOME; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; ILLUMINATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIGHT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 0035191824     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-1963(01)90118-0     Document Type: Article

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