Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , April 2010

Physiological changes during and outcome following ‘filtration’ based continuous plasma exchange in Guillain Barre Syndrome

  • Yatagama Arachchige A. Jayasena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Shalika P. Mudalige

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Geethika S.M. Manchanayake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Hikkaduwe Liyanage P.S. Dharmapala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Ranjith P.V. Kumarasiri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Vajira S. Weerasinghe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Chulananda D.A. Goonasekera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +94 712771507; fax: +94 812 387394.

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doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2010.01.002

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , April 2010

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