Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 97-99 , February 2010

Circulating endothelial cells in whole blood donations and the effect of leucodepletion

Received 21 September 2009 ,Accepted 27 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.10.011

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 97-99 , February 2010