Alternative method to determine the hematocrit of red blood cell units: A potential use in the apheresis unit

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1255-1258

  Shelat, Suresh G ^a,b   Farrell, Sharon B ^c   Kim, Haewon C ^c   Drew, Christa ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SHELF LIFE;

BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS;

EID: 66549118707     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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