Racial differences in the availability of human leukocyte antigen- matched platelets

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-77

  King, K E ^a,c   Ness, P M ^a,b   Braine, H G ^a   Armstrong, K S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; alloimmunization; apheresis; minority blood donors

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; DONOR; HLA SYSTEM; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029848049     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1101(1996)11:2<71::AID-JCA3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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