Immunological characterization of anti-Mia, a red blood cell alloantibody, in Taiwan

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 162-164

  Lo, S C ^a   Chang, J S ^a   Lin, S W S ^a   Lin, Dong Tsamn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anti Mia; Miltenberger; MNSs blood group system

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MILTENBERGER ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MONOCYTE; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; ISOANTIBODIES; MASS SCREENING; MNSS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037714993     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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