Evaluating porcine RBC and platelet alpha-galactosyl expression

Transfusion

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1184-1188

  MacLaren, Leslie A ^a,b,c   Riggs, Cherie M ^a,b,c   Johnstone, James E ^a,b,c   Doucet, Jay ^a,b,c   McAlister, Vivian C ^a,b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYL EPITOPE; ALPHA-GALACTOSYL EPITOPE; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; HETEROPHILE ANTIGEN; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; THROMBOCYTE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 0036725074     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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