Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , February 2004

National survey of apheresis activity in Italy (2000)

  • Giustina De Silvestro

      Affiliations

    • Apheresis Unit, Blood Transfusion Service, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-49-8212842; fax: +39-49-8212848
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  • Piero Marson

      Affiliations

    • Apheresis Unit, Blood Transfusion Service, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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  • Gaspare Elios Russo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Institute of Clinica Medica I, University of La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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  • Maria Vicarioto

      Affiliations

    • Apheresis Unit, Blood Transfusion Service, University Hospital of Padova, Italy
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  • Carla Donadel

      Affiliations

    • Apheresis Unit, Blood Transfusion Service, University Hospital of Padova, Italy

Received 1 February 2003 ,Revised 1 May 2003 ,Accepted 1 May 2003.

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☆ The authors represent the Italian Society of Hemapheresis (SIDE).

PII: S1473-0502(03)00198-8

doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2003.05.003

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 61-71 , February 2004

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