Around 44 percent of all Shiite mosques were established in the 1990s. Approximately 7 percent of mosques identified themselves as Shiite and 37 percent of those are in the West, especially California. Most Shiites at American mosques are South Asians, Arabs and Iranians.
plateletpheresis in Medicine. plateletpheresis plateÂ·letÂ·pheÂ·reÂ·sis (plÄt'lÄ­t-fÉ-rÄ'sÄ­s, -fÄr'É-) n. A process in which platelets are removed from donated blood and the remaining components are returned to the donor.
Pancytopenia refers to the reduction or abnormally low level of all blood cells (erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells) and platelets) produced by the bone marrow. It can occur due to decreased production of the blood cells, bone marrow failure, immune-mediated destruction or peripheral sequestration.