Incidence of breakage of human RBCs frozen with 40-percent wt/vol glycerol using two different methods for storage at -80°c

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-414

  Valeri, C Robert ^a   Lane, Joseph P ^a   Srey, Rithy ^a   Ragno, Gina ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; FREEZING; HEMOLYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLASTIC BOTTLE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTES; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; PLASTICS; POLYENES; POLYESTERS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0037339525     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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