A simple strategy to look back on posttransfusion hepatitis B in a multitransfused patient

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-69

  Jongerius, John M ^a,b   Van der Poel, C L ^a   Van Leeuwen, E F ^a  

^a Red Cross Blood Bank Midden N   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CONTACT TRACING; DNA, VIRAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031660235     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030961     Document Type: Article

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