title: Controversies in transfusion medicine. Prophylactic platelet transfusion revisited after 25 years: con.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patten
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000917:Antibody Formation; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010976:Platelet Count; D012307:Risk Factors; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies