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The transfusion of blood and its components is a widely used form of supportive therapy and this field has expanded greatly in recent years due to the development of more intensive treatment modalities. This is particularly true for patients with malignant diseases, where the application of high dose cytotoxic therapy often results in periods of severe bone marrow depression. This has stimulated the development of a sophisticated platelet and granulocyte substitution therapy. However, we must bear in mind that a significant number of transfusions are complicated by adverse effects and in fact patients still die from fatal transfusion reactions.
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Sintnicolaas, K. (1984). Transfusion Reactions. In: Sibinga, C.T.S., Das, P.C., Taswell, H.F. (eds) Quality Assurance in Blood Banking and Its Clinical Impact. Developments in Hematology and Immunology, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2835-3_16
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