Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 101-102 , February 2003

Hydroxyethylstarch as a replacement fluid in therapeutic plasma exchange for lupus nephritis in a Jehovah’s Witness

  • Joan Cid

      Affiliations

    • Transfusion Center and Tissue Bank, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, C/. Dr. Mallafré Guasch, 4, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-977-24-23-34; fax: +34-977-21-94-99
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  • Emili Dı́az

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, C/. Dr. Mallafré Guasch, 4, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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  • Xavier Ortı́n

      Affiliations

    • Transfusion Center and Tissue Bank, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, C/. Dr. Mallafré Guasch, 4, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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  • Enric Elies

      Affiliations

    • Transfusion Center and Tissue Bank, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, C/. Dr. Mallafré Guasch, 4, 43007 Tarragona, Spain

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PII: S1473-0502(02)00105-2

doi: 10.1016/S1473-0502(02)00105-2

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 101-102 , February 2003

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