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CYTAPHERESIS


origination date: 12/03/2002
originator: Pamela
subject field: medicine: treatment
check date: 12/03/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAHEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
SUBCLASSESLEUKAPHERESIS
DESCENDANTSLEUKAPHERESIS
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
HEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TREATMENT-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
cytapheresisterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: treatment involving the separation of one or more kinds of cell from whole blood with the return of other blood cell constituents to the patient or donor. This is accomplished with an instrument that uses centrifugation to separate the cells into different layers. (en)