A rare case of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-2b

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-549

  Al Sheikh, Iman H A ^a   Khalifa, Mohammed ^b   Rahi, Amjad ^b   Qadri, Mohammed I ^b   Al Abad, Kamel ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Regional Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Maternity and Children Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032454585     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.547     Document Type: Article

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