Allergic and anaphylactic reactions to methylene-blue-treated plasma in Catalonia in the period 2008-2013

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 628-630

  Muñiz Diaz, Eduardo ^a   Puig, Lluis ^a  

^a Blood and Tissue Bank Edifici Dr Frederic Duran i Jordà ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLENE BLUE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD SAFETY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; MALE; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD SAFETY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84908700530     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2014.0121-14     Document Type: Letter

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