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No change of infliximab levels in stored blood for preoperative autologous blood donation: a preliminary report

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Keita Nishimura¹ , Nobuhiro Wakimoto¹, Jun Sasahara¹, Chiaki Yanagisawa¹, Fukiko Eda¹, Jinju Nishino¹, Hidekazu Tomiyama² and Takashi Matsushita¹

(1)	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan

(2)	Blood Transfusion Service, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received: 17 December 2004 Accepted: 06 May 2005

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Key words Infliximab - Preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) - Total joint arthroplasty