Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 95-99 , October 2002

A questionnaire: will plateletpheresis donors accept multicomponent donation?

  • Irena Qendro

      Affiliations

    • Blood Bank of the University Hospital “Mother Theresa”, Tirana, Albania
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  • Rainer Moog

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Clinics Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-201-723-1558; fax: +49-201-723-5945
  • ,
  • Norbert Müller

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Clinics Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany

Received 19 October 2001 ,Accepted 10 March 2002.

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Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 95-99 , October 2002