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cytapheresis /cyt·a·phe·re·sis/ (sīt″ah-fer-e´sis) apheresis of blood cells; see erythrocytapheresis, leukapheresis, and thrombocytapheresis.
cytapheresis [sīt″ah-fĕ-re´sis] cytapheresis a procedure in which cells of one or more kinds (leukocytes, platelets, etc.) are separated from whole blood and retained, the plasma and other formed elements being retransfused into the donor; it includes leukapheresis and thrombocytapheresis.
cytapheresis Transfusion medicine 1. The separation and collection of blood cells by hemapheresis. Cf Leukapharesis, Plateletpheresis 2. The collection of cells for therapeutic transfusion. See Apheresis. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A select few will undergo a procedure called cytapheresis, in which white blood cells are extracted from blood in a search for clues to how age might influence a person's immune system. Many blood collection facilities are now able to collect twice that many platelets from one cytapheresis procedure to allow the production of two split platelet apheresis products. Merrill Meyer, a Prosorba column patient in the Phase III clinical trial, will present a patient's perspective, and Gayla Nagy, RN, Apheresis Coordinator at the Cytapheresis Unit of Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, will discuss advances in apheresis technology. |
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