A prospective study of routine antenatal enzyme antibody screening demonstrates lack of clinical value in predicting haemolytic disease of the newborn

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 824-826

  Clark, D ^a   Greiss, M A ^a   Urbaniak, S J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antibody screening; Enzyme techniques; Haemolytic disease of the newborn; Red cell antibodies

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYMES; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032847828     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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