## Abstract This article provides a concise overview of therapeutic apheresis medicine instrumentation. Three instrument modalities are discussed: (1) centrifugationβbased instruments, (2) extracorporeal photopheresis instruments (a subset of centrifugationβbased instruments), and (3) columnβbased
Therapeutic apheresis in Canada
β Scribed by Gail A. Rock; Carole A. Herbert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2459
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