Acta Med. 2012, 55: 180-185

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.43

Therapeutic Erythrocytapheresis in the Initial Treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Vít Řeháčeka, Milan Bláhab, Hana Jiroušováa, Jitka Černohorskáa, Petr Papoušeka

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Transfusion Department
b4th Department of Medicine, Hematology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové

Received June 28, 2012
Accepted October 29, 2012

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