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  • Prozac
    therapeutics
    / Blood and blood cells

    Autologous transfusion is the reinfusion of one’s own blood. The blood is obtained before surgery and its use avoids transfusion reactions and transfusion-transmitted diseases. Donation can begin one month before surgery and be repeated weekly, depending on the number of units likely to be needed.…

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    Autologous transfusion is the reinfusion of one’s own blood. The blood is obtained before surgery and its use avoids transfusion reactions and transfusion-transmitted diseases. Donation can begin one month before surgery and be repeated weekly, depending on the number of units likely to be needed.…

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