Paternal leukocyte alloimmunization as a treatment for hemolytic disease of the newborn in a rabbit model

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 977-980

  Whitecar, Paul W ^a   Farb, Rod ^a   Subramanyam, Lalitha ^a   Dorman, Karen ^a   Balu, Rukmini B ^b   Moise Jr , Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolytic disease of the newborn; Rabbit model; Red blood cell alloimmunization; Rh disease

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RABBIT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036793610     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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