Frequency and specificity of platelet-specific alloantibodies in HLA-immunized haematologic-oncologic patients

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Schnaidt, M ^a,b   Northoff, H ^a   Wernet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haematologic oncologic patients; HLA immunization; Multitransfused patients; Platelet specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOANTIBODIES;

EID: 0030159249     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1996.d01-58.x     Document Type: Article

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