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Latest revision as of 02:28, 9 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
An exchange transfusion is a medical treatment in which apheresis is used to remove one person's red blood cells or platelets and replace them with transfused blood products.
Indications
Exchange transfusion is used in the treatment of a number of diseases, including: