Granulocyte transfusion therapy: It's time for an answer

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Price, Thomas H ^a  

^a PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; EDITORIAL; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; PUBLICATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DOG; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DOGS; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33644848250     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00693.x     Document Type: Editorial

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