Granulocyte transfusion: A review

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-92

  Yeghen, T ^a   Devereux, S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Granulocyte; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR;

APHERESIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0035437347     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00090.x     Document Type: Review

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