Platelet-specific antibodies in female blood donors after pregnancy

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Schnaidt, M ^a,b   Wernet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abt Transf Med   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female blood donors; Platelet specific antibodies; Pregnancies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034068023     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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