## Abstract The use of therapeutic plasma exchange, particularly for management of patients with neurological disorders, has steadily increased in our hospital since 1991, thus highlighting the need for continuing quality assurance of these services. We have reviewed the hemapheresis records of all
Diffuse thrombosis complicating therapeutic plasma exchange
โ Scribed by Mon Ramgopal; Ralph Cushing
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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