Hemotherapy

Hemotherapy

Hemotherapy (hēməthĕrəpē) or hemotherapeutics (thĕrəpyūtĭks) is the treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood derivatives, as in transfusion.

It includes various types of connected processes as, for example:
*Blood partial transfusion;
*Blood total transfusion;
*Hematia concentrate application;
*Plasma application;
*Others.


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