Red cell immunization in beta thalassaemia major

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 657-660

  Bhatti, Farhat Abbas ^a,d   Salamat, Nuzhat ^a   Nadeem, Ali ^b   Shabbir, Naveeda ^c  

^a National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Department of Blood Transfusion   (Pakistan)

^d NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alloantibodies; Autoantibodies; Hyperhaemolysis; Red cell immunization; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; COLD AGGLUTININ; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; REAGENT; RHESUS ANTIBODY; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARMY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DONOR; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECIPIENT; SENSITIZATION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 11844278239     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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