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Hoemberg M, Stahl D, Schlenke P, Sibrowski W, Pachmann U, Cassens U
Scand J Immunol . 2011 Jul; 74(5):489-95. PMID: 21790706
Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) is an acquired autoimmune bleeding disorder, characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia because of destruction of auto-antibody-coated platelets by Fc-receptor-mediated phagocytosis. The destruction of autoantibody-sensitized platelets by FcγR-bearing...
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Folsch B, Cassens U
Orthopade . 2009 Sep; 38(9):828-34. PMID: 19756492
While transfusion of blood components is usually safe, there are risks of adverse effects that can have immunologic, nonimmunologic, or infectious causes. In patients, the fear of infectious disease transmission...
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Stormer M, Cassens U, Kleesiek K, Dreier J
Transfus Med . 2007 Feb; 17(1):61-70. PMID: 17266705
Bacteria show differences in their growth kinetics depending on the type of blood component. On to storage at 22 degrees C, platelet concentrates (PCs) seem to be more prone to...
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Wedemeyer N, Pascher E, Cassens U, Gohde W
Ann Biol Clin (Paris) . 2004 Mar; 62(1):65-71. PMID: 15047493
The analysis of genetic biomarkers has become an important tool in clinical diagnostics. This includes the identification of disease-related genetic alterations, the detection of pathogenic infective germs on DNA or...
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Bux J, Cassens U, Dielschneider T, Duchscherer M, Edel E, Eichler H, et al.
Vox Sang . 2003 Nov; 85(4):322-5. PMID: 14633259
Data of 507 granulocyte donations from 183 donors were evaluated. No severe granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-related side-effects were observed. Three donors complained of severe itching following infusion of hydroxyethyl starch...
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Garritsen H, Brune T, Louwen F, Wullenweber J, Ahlke C, Cassens U, et al.
Transfus Med . 2003 Nov; 13(5):303-10. PMID: 14617341
To investigate whether packed red cells (PRCs) prepared from autologous cord blood-packed red cells (AC-PRCs) could be used as an alternative for homologous-packed red cells (H-PRCs), we developed a system...
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Menzebach A, Cassens U, Van Aken H, Booke M
Eur J Anaesthesiol . 2003 Oct; 20(10):764-70. PMID: 14580046
The treatment of critically ill patients has advanced markedly over the last decade. However, non-surgical bleeding of a diffuse nature from numerous tiny capillaries still remains a challenge. Once initiated,...
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Cassens U, Greve B, Tapernon K, Nave B, Severin E, Sibrowski W, et al.
Vox Sang . 2002 Jun; 82(4):198-206. PMID: 12047514
Background And Objectives: Accurate determination of residual leucocytes [white blood cells (WBC)] in blood components is of high clinical importance. To date, several labour-intensive, time-consuming or expensive techniques have been...
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Flesch B, Philipp M, Cassens U, Neppert J
J Clin Lab Anal . 2002 Jan; 15(6):334-41. PMID: 11793435
We compared the specificity and sensitivity of four different methods for the detection of antibodies specific for HLA antigens. The NIH version of the complement-dependent cytotoxic test (CDC) was used...
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Cassens U, Garritsen H, Kelsch R, van der Werf N, Frosch M, Witteler R, et al.
Bone Marrow Transplant . 2002 Jan; 28(8):803-6. PMID: 11781636
A sibling cord blood (CB) transplantation was performed in a boy with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The CB (31 x 10(6) CD34(+) cells) derived from a newborn sister with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia...