Evaluation of the safety of Rh immunoglobulin by monitoring viral markers among Rh-negative female blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Watanabe, Kevin K ^a   Busch, Michael P ^b   Schreiber, George B ^a   Zuck, Thomas F ^c  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b Blood Centers of the Pacific   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RH; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0034012059     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031141     Document Type: Article

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