Storage of platelet concentrates following ultraviolet-B irradiation

134 Pages·1992·3.9 MB·English

by  Johnson, Robert B

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STORAGE OF PLATELET CONCENTRATES
FOLLOWING ULTRAVIOLET-B IRRADIATION
A Thesis Submitted to the Yale University
School of Medicine in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Medicine
Robert B. Johnson
1992

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The completion of this project required the cooperation of several
individuals and laboratories. The Clinical Chemistry, Hematology,
Operating Room, Pheresis Service and Blood Bank staffs at Yale-New Haven
Hospital provided essential assistance. Their contributions are detailed
in the Materials and Methods section. In addition, I owe special thanks
to the following:
Dr. Edward Snyder, Professor of Laboratory Medicine at Yale,
for his guidance, encouragement and enthusiasm as Faculty Adviser
throughout four years of medical education and research.
Ms. Paula Napychank, medical technologist at Yale-New Haven
Hospital, for her valuable technical assistance.
Dr. Scott Murphy and his laboratory staff at the Cardeza
Foundation at Jefferson Medical College for the timely performance
of several important assays.
Ms. Karol Katz of the Biostatistics Consulting Unit at the
Yale University School of Medicine for statistical analysis.
Ms. Terri Fiondella and Ms. Donna Cunningham-Schwartz for
typing the manuscript.
This work was partly supported by a National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute Transfusion Medicine Academic Award (NIH #HL02035) for which Dr.
Edward Snyder is the Principal Investigator.
This research was presented in part at the 31st Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Hematology, December 1-5, 1989, Atlanta, Georgia.