Immunomodulatory and pro-inflammatory effects of allogeneic blood transfusion

Rossi’s Principles of Transfusion Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 695-710

  Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^a   Bordin, José O ^b   Blajchman, Morris A ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allogeneic blood transfusion; Allogeneic mononuclear cells; Immunomodulatory effects; Pro inflammatory effects; Transfusion related immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030644254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119013020.ch62     Document Type: Chapter

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