Provision of phenotype-matched blood units: No need for pre-transfusion antibody screening

Haematologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 742-748

  Fun Yi Lau, ^a   Wong, R ^a   Chan, N P H ^a   Chung Hin Chui, ^a   Ng, E ^a   Ng, M H L ^a   Cheng, G ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Phenotype matched blood; Pre transfusion screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ISOANTIBODIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034924229     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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