The value and practicality of granulocyte transfusion: A single oncology centre experience

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Al Tanbal, H ^a   Al Humaidan, H ^a   Al Nounou, R ^a   Roberts, G ^a   Tesfamichael, K ^a   Owaidah, Tarek M ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Granulocytes; Leukapheresis; Neutropaenia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RECIPIENT; RELATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD DONOR; CANCER CENTER; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD DONORS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951228712     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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