Therapeutic leukapheresis of a 10-year-old girl with adult-type chronic myelocytic leukemia is described. The efficiency of WBC removal was noted to improve significantly after addition of hydroxyethyl starch to the anticoagulant infusion. In fact, the percentage of white cells removed more than dou
Repeated Leukapheresis of Patients with Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
β Scribed by Edward E. Morse; Paul P. Carbone; Emil J. Freireich; William Bronson; Allan Kliman
- Book ID
- 114752784
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 502 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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