The prevention of Rh haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn — general background

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue , 1998, Pages 7-10

  Contreras, Marcela ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; HUMAN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION;

ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIBODIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 0031767922     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10285.x     Document Type: Article

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