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Research Article| Volume 12, ISSUE 4, P711-721, December 1992

leukocyte-reduced blood components in transfusion medicine: Current Indications and Prospects for the Future

  • Ellen B. Klapper
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    Address reprint requests to: Ellen B. Klapper, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard—#4526, Los Angeles, CA 90048
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    From the Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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  • Dennis Goldfinger
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    From the Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

    University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30483-9
leukocyte-reduced blood components in transfusion medicine: Current Indications and Prospects for the Future
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      Transfusion medicine is a rapidly evolving specialty, and efforts are ongoing to improve the safety and quality of blood component therapy. Leukocytes are known to be the cause of numerous adverse effects of transfusion therapy, and their removal from red cells and platelet components may be desirable in a variety of clinical settings. The various complications of transfusion that can be attributed to contaminating leukocytes and the benefits of leukocyte depletion are addressed in this article. Laboratory as well as clinical data are summarized.
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