A multicentre evaluation of a new filtration protocol for leucocyte depletion of high-haematocrit red blood cells collected by an automated blood collection system

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 108-112

  Soli, M ^a   Blanco, L ^b   Riggert, J ^c   Martinez Clavel A ^b   Lucas, C ^c   Lunghi, M ^a   Belloni, M ^a   Wolf, C ^c   Van Waeg, G ^d   Antoon, M ^d,e  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Grupo de Intervencion en Drogas de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Gambro BCT   (Belgium)

^e Gambro BCT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Filtration; High crit; Leucocyte depletion; Red cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FILTRATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 0035437325     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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