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Transfusion-associated graft-vs-host disease 

Food and Drug Administration. Gamma Irradiation of Blood Products. CBER, FDA 1993.

Luban NL. Prevention of transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease by inactivation of T cells in platelet components. Semin Hematol 2001 Oct;38(4 Suppl 11):34-45. [ Medline ]

McMilin KD, Johnson RL. HLA homozygosity and the risk of related-donor transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease. Transfus Med Rev 1993 Jan;7(1):37-41. [ Medline ]

Valeri CR, Pivacek LE,  Cassidy GP, Ragno G. In vitro and in vivo measurementsof gamma-radiated, frozen, glycerolized RBCs. Transfusion 2001 Apr;41(4):545-9. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]