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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Medical Definition: Any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a portion is separated and retained and the remainder is returned to the donor.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
Blood Component Removal Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition 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.

Blood Component Removal Medical Definitions and Terms

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