Platelet transfusion—the new immunology of an old therapy

Platelet transfusion has been a vital therapeutic approach in patients with hematologic malignancies for close to half a century. Randomized trials show that prophylactic platelet transfusions mitigate bleeding in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. However, even with prophylactic transfusions, as...

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Main Authors: Moritz eStolla, Majed A Refaai, Joanna M. Heal, Sherry L. Spinelli, Olivier eGARRAUD, Richard P. Phipps, Neil eBlumberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00028/full