Granulocyte colony stimulating factor treatment for alloimmune neonatal neutropenia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Rodwell, R L ^a   Gray, P H ^b   Taylor, K M ^a   Minchinton, R ^c  

^a Mater Misericordiae Hosp   (Australia)

^b Neonatology Division

^c Queensland Red Cross Blood Transfusion Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alloimmune neonatal neutropenia; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Granulocyte transfusions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029950165     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.1.f57     Document Type: Article

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