Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , February 2004

Universal leukodepletion of blood components results in a significant reduction of febrile non-hemolytic but not allergic transfusion reactions

  • Axel Pruss

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-30-450-525161; fax: +49-30-450-525976
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  • Ulrich Kalus

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Hartmut Radtke

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Jürgen Koscielny

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Bärbel Baumann-Baretti

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Dominik Balzer

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Thomas Dörner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University, D-10098 Berlin, Germany
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  • Abdulgabar Salama

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Holger Kiesewetter

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Transfusion Medicine (Tissue Bank), University Hospital Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 1 November 2002 ,Accepted 1 August 2003.

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PII: S1473-0502(03)00196-4

doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2003.08.013

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , February 2004

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