Limited efficacy of universal leucodepletion in reducing the incidence of febrile nonhaemolytic reactions in red cell transfusions

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-185

  Ibojie, J ^a,b   Greiss, M A ^a   Urbaniak, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Transfusion Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Febrile nonhaemolytic transfusion reactions; Lymphocytotoxic antibodies; Universal leucodepletion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEBRILE NONHEMOLYTIC REACTION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSAL LEUKODEPLETION; CELL SEPARATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES; CELL SEPARATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 0036087688     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2002.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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