Modern management of rhesus disease

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-141

  Yankowitz, Jerome ^a,b   Weiner, Carl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOMBS TEST; CORDOCENTESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030009507     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199604000-00012     Document Type: Review

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