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n. - A process in which colorless watery fluid of blood in which erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets are suspended is taken from donated blood and the remaining components, mostly red blood cells, are returned to the donor

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  • She went through four sessions of a process called plasmapheresis, which removes the plasma from the blood and allows transplants to take place between two different...
  • TPE also referred to as plasmapheresis is an extracorporeal blood purification technique to remove part of a patient's blood called plasma, while replacing it with...
  • "You are going to die a lot earlier sitting on that dialysis machine than if you get transplanted," says Melancon, whose goal is to pair domino kidney exchanges and the...
  • With a plasmapheresis you give the same unit of red cells, but two units of plasma.
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