Successful Large-volume Leukapheresis for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Collection in a Very-low-weight Brain Tumor Infant with Coagulopathy

• Main Authors: Yu-Mei Liao (Author), Chi-Jung Yeh (Author), Hsiu-Lan Shu (Author), Pei-Chin Lin (Author), Tai-Tsung Chang (Author), Shyh-Shin Chiou (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Peripheral apheresis has become a safe procedure to collect hematopoietic stem cells, even in pediatric patients and donors. However, the apheresis procedure for small and sick children is more complicated due to difficult venous access, relatively large extracorporeal volume, toxicity of citrate, a...