Apheresis

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Notes 4 More General Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• cytapheresis
• photopheresis
• plasmapheresis (plasma exchange)

Introduction

• Removal of blood or one of its components from the body for clinical purposes, generally by automated blood cell separators.

Notes

• cytapheresis removes cellular constituents
• plasmapheresis removes plasma returning cellular constituents
• photopharesis irradiates cellular constituents ex vivo

More General Terms

• clinical procedure

References

Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998

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