Use of recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO-alfa) in a mother alloimmunized to the Jsb antigen

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Santolaya Forgas, Joaquin ^a,b   Vengalil, Shyla ^a   Duval, Jude ^a   Gottmann, Deborah ^a   Meyer, William ^a   Gauthier, Daniel ^a   DeChristopher, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Erythropoietin; Fetal blood sampling

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; JSB ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIBODIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; TWINS;

EID: 0032890569     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909020477     Document Type: Article

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