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New approach for the transfusion of patients with Thalassaemia major: Neocytopheresis

 

By: Dr. Amrit Kaur Kaler, MD., Assistant Professor of Pathology, MVJ Medical College & Research Hospital, Bangalore.

What are Neocytes ?

Neocytes are new red cells which comes from bone marrow afresh. They have a longer life span, say about 120 days in the circulation. These young red cells survive longer after transfusion and therefore may contribute to the extension of intervals between transfusions.

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