Plateletpheresis

Plateletpheresis is the process of collecting platelets, the components of blood that are involved in hemostasis . It can be a life-saving procedure in preventing or treating serious complications from bleeding and hemorrhage in patients who have disorders manifesting as thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction. This process may also be used therapeutically to treat disorders resulting in extraordinarily high platelet counts such as Essential Thrombocytosis. (From the Wikpedia article Plateletpheresis.)

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Recent Publications on Plateletpheresis:
Feasibility and safety of triple dose platelet collection by apheresis. BACKGROUND:: Blood cell separators of the newest generation allow for the...	13th November, 2009	Munich Blood Bank, Munich, Germany.	J Clin Apher. 2009 Nov 11. DOI Direct Link
Study of iron stores in regular plateletpheresis donors. Plateletpheresis donors will lose up to 100 mL of blood at each donation,...	12th November, 2009	National Blood Service, Tooting, London, UK.	Transfus Med. 2009 Nov 9. DOI Direct Link
Pre- and post- donation haematological values in healthy donors undergoing plateletpheresis with five different systems. BACKGROUND: Although automated cell separators have undergone a lot of...	21st October, 2009	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.	Blood Transfus. 2009 Jul;7(3):188-92. DOI Direct Link
Canine platelet transfusions. OBJECTIVE: To review potential platelet storage options, guidelines for...	14th October, 2009	Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine,	J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2009 Oct;19(5):401-15. DOI Direct Link
Probiotic-associated high-titer anti-B in a group A platelet donor as a cause of severe hemolytic transfusion reactions. BACKGROUND: Hemolytic transfusion reactions (HTRs) can occur with...	24th September, 2009	Department of Transfusion Medicine, Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center, and	Transfusion. 2009 Sep;49(9):1845-9. Epub 2009 May 11. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Plateletpheresis:
Reportlinker Adds Therapeutic Apheresis - A US Market Review	25th November, 2009	Reportlinker	NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Therapeutic Apheresis - A US Market Review http://www.reportlinker.com
Reportlinker Adds Blood Banking and Blood Products - Global Market Perspective	25th November, 2009	Reportlinker	NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Blood Banking and Blood Products - Global Market Perspective http://www

Plateletpheresis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
6610698	Substituted pyrimidine compounds and methods of use
6890291	Integrated automatic blood collection and processing unit
6916830	Substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines as C5a receptor modulators
6921762	Substituted indolizine-like compounds and methods of use
6946445	Therapeutic chemokine receptor antagonists
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Companies working in the area of Plateletpheresis from Bioportfolio's Biocorporate database :
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HemaCare® Corporation HemaCare Corporation, founded in 1978, and its subsidiary, Coral Blood Services, customize blood management programs for health care facilities and provide blood products and services to over 160... www.hemacare.com/        View full profile

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