Red cell freezing and its impact on the supply chain

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Hess, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood storage; Blood supply; Cryobiology; Deglycerolization; Erythrocytes; Glycerolization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLYCEROL; POLITEF; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FLUID; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; COST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; FRACTIONATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SHELF LIFE; THAWING; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 1842765602     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2004.00472.x     Document Type: Review

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