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Comment
. 2020 Dec;191(5):653-657.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.17016. Epub 2020 Aug 1.

Preventing transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease with blood component irradiation: indispensable guidance for a deadly disorder

Sorcha Ní Loingsigh  1 , Willy A Flegel  2 , Jeanne E Hendrickson  3   4 , Christopher A Tormey  3
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Preventing transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease with blood component irradiation: indispensable guidance for a deadly disorder

Sorcha Ní Loingsigh et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: blood component irradiation; irradiation; transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease.

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  • Guidelines on the use of irradiated blood components.
    Foukaneli T, Kerr P, Bolton-Maggs PHB, Cardigan R, Coles A, Gennery A, Jane D, Kumararatne D, Manson A, New HV, Torpey N; BCSH Committee. Foukaneli T, et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Dec;191(5):704-724. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17015. Epub 2020 Aug 18. Br J Haematol. 2020. PMID: 32808674 No abstract available.

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