Granulocyte transfusion therapy: randomization after all?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Effective engraftment via granulocyte transfusion in pre-engraftment febrile neutropenia following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: granulocyte transfusion as bridge therapy.Therapeutic advances in hematology · 2025
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2. Purified Granulocyte Concentrates from Buffy Coats with Extended Storage Time.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2024
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3. Risk stratification by 30-day prognostic factors of clinical outcomes after granulocyte transfusion in acute myeloid leukemia: A single-center retrospective study.PloS one · 2022
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4. Lack of functional selectin-ligand interactions enhances innate immune resistance to systemic Listeria monocytogenes infection.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2018
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5. Role of granulocyte transfusions in combating life-threatening infections in patients with severe neutropenia: Experience from a tertiary care centre in North India.PloS one · 2018
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6. Young donor white blood cell immunotherapy induces extensive tumor necrosis in advanced-stage solid tumors.Heliyon · 2017
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7. Development of autologous blood cell therapies.Experimental hematology · 2016
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8. Impaired killing of Candida albicans by granulocytes mobilized for transfusion purposes: a role for granule components.Haematologica · 2016
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9. Supportive care in patients with acute leukaemia: historical perspectives.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2015
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10. Membrane permeability of the human granulocyte to water, dimethyl sulfoxide, glycerol, propylene glycol and ethylene glycol.Cryobiology · 2014
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11. Infections Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii in Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.Frontiers in oncology · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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  Granulocyte transfusions in severe aplastic anemia: an eleven-year experience.2009

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