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LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION IN SEVERE NEONATAL VARICELLA
Author(s) -
FRIED D.,
HANUKOGLU A.,
BIRK O.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09389.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , blood transfusion , intensive care medicine , immunology
. A female neonate with severe varicella is reported. She was treated with THF and a leukocyte transfusion from her reconvalescent mother. This procedure seems to have been a turning point, after which she recovered fully. There were no untoward effects from this treatment.