Method of harvesting white blood cells in which other blood cell types are returned to the donor A–F G–L M–R S–Z
method of separating blood into its liquid and cellular components and for the removal of white blood cells before returning the remainder of the blood to the patient. It is used to reduce the white cell count when chemotherapy is to be avoided, for example during pregnancy.
A procedure analagous to plasmapheresis, in which white blood cells are removed from the withdrawn blood and the remainder of the blood is returned to the person. See also apheresis.
concentration of lymphocytes using an apharesis station
a procedure to remove excess lymphocytes from the body.
a procedure to remove excess white cells from the body.
A procedure to collect the white blood cells and stem cell portion of the blood. See also Apheresis.
The process of separating white blood cells from the rest of the blood. (See Apheresis.)
A blood filtering process used to remove extra lymphocytes.
Removal of the blood to collect specific blood cells; the remaining blood is returned to the body.
The process of collecting a patient's white blood cells, also known as leukocytes.
Leukapheresis is a laboratory procedure in which white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood. This may be done to decrease a very high white blood cell count in individuals with cancer (leukemia) or to remove white blood cells for transfusion. In the case of cancer, usually hematological malignancies such as acute leukemias, there are white blood cell counts high enough to cause hemostasis and "sludging" in the capillaries.