Dr. Rachel S Bercovitz MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
1959 Ne Pacific St C212, Box 356340 Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Rachel Bercovitz is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Bercovitz specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Bercovitz treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Bercovitz can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tumor necrosis factor-alpha causes release of cytosolic interleukin-18 from human neutrophils.
- The pro-inflammatory effects of platelet contamination in plasma and mitigation strategies for avoidance.
- A survey of transfusion practices in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
- Measuring bleeding as an outcome in clinical trials of prophylactic platelet transfusions.
- A case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia with anti-D specificity in a 1-year-old child.
- Platelet transfusions for critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia.
- Antibodies to the HLA-A2 antigen prime neutrophils and serve as the second event in an in vitro model of transfusion-related acute lung injury.
- Effect of 22q11.2 deletion on bleeding and transfusion utilization in children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Neonatal Platelet Transfusions and Future Areas of Research.
- A whole blood model of thrombocytopenia that controls platelet count and hematocrit.
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