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Hemotherapy

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Hemotherapy (/hiːməˈθɛrəpi/ HEE-mə-THERR-ə-pee) or hemotherapeutics (/hiːməθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/ HEE-mə-THERR-ə-PEW-tiks) is the treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood products from blood donation (by others or for oneself).^[1]

It includes various types, such as:^{[citation needed]}

Blood transfusion
Packed red blood cells transfusion
Fresh frozen plasma transfusion
Plasmapheresis of various kinds, including plasma exchange
Autohemotherapy, with autologous blood that is usually modified in some way

References

^ Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster.

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