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Blood Component Transfusion
Blood Component Transfusions | Component Transfusion, Blood | Component Transfusions, Blood | Transfusion, Blood Component | Transfusions, Blood Component
The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor. |
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