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Blood Component Removal

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Definition: Any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a portion is separated and retained and the remainder is returned to the donor.  GEN or unspecified only; prefer specifics LEUKAPHERESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATELETPHERESIS; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; erythrocytapheresis, erythrapheresis: coord with ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION   
See Also Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization
Examples Bone Marrow Purging; Cytapheresis; Leukocyte Reduction Procedures; Plasmapheresis 		Other names Pheresis; Apheresis; Removals, Blood Component; Removal, Blood Component; Phereses; Component Removals, Blood; Component Removal, Blood; Blood Component Removals; Aphereses

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