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Blood Component Removal
| Medical Definition: | Any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a portion is separated and retained and the remainder is returned to the donor. |
| Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified only; prefer specifics LEUKAPHERESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATELETPHERESIS; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; erythrocytapheresis, erythrapheresis: coord with ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION |
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Bone Marrow Purging - Techniques for the removal of subpopulations of cells (usually residual tumor cells) from the bone marrow ex vivo before it is infused. The purging is achieved by a variety of agents including pharmacologic agents, biophysical agents (laser photoirradiation or radioisotopes) and immunologic agents. Bone marrow purging is used in both autologous and allogeneic BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION. |
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Plasmapheresis - Procedure whereby plasma is separated and extracted from anticoagulated whole blood and the red cells retransfused to the donor. Plasmapheresis is also employed for therapeutic use. |
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