Published in Transfusion
BM processing with the Cobe Spectra cell separator provides high rates of RBC depletion without significant side effects after BMT.
Published in Arch Dis Child
Infections should be considered as an aggravating factor during the course of TTP. Particular polymorphisms in TLR-9 gene may represent risk factors for TTP.
Published in Transfusion
Background: Storage lesion may explain the rapid clearance of up to 25% of transfused red blood cells (RBCs) in recipients. Several alterations affect stored RBC but a quantitative, whole cell-based predictor of transfusion yield is lacking. Because RBCs with reduced surface area are retained by the spleen, we quantified changes in RBC dimensions d...
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BACKGROUND EQOFIX is a medicoeconomic study that analyzed the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and costs of care of the moderate and severe forms of hemophilia B, treated on demand or by prophylaxis with either plasma‐derived Factor IX (pdFIX) or recombinant FIX (rFIX). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS The primary objectives were evaluations of ...
Published in Transfusion
Background: The INTERCEPT Blood System (IBS) using amotosalen-HCl and ultraviolet (UV)A inactivates a large spectrum of microbial pathogens and white blood cells in therapeutic plasma. Our aim was to evaluate to what extent IBS modifies the capacity of plasma to generate thrombin and induces qualitative or quantitative modifications of plasma prote...
Published in Transfusion
Washed treated and untreated PCs have similar functional, morphologic, and proteomic characteristics provided that PLTs are suspended in an appropriate medium during testing.
Published in Transfusion
Massive population displacements are now regularly presented as one of the most dramatic possible consequences of climate change. Current forecasts and projections show that regions that would be affected by such population movements are low-lying islands, coastal and deltaic regions, as well as sub-Saharan Africa. Such estimates, however, are usua...
