Anti-D alloimmunization by weak D type 1 red blood cells with a very low antigen density

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Mota, Mariza ^a,c   Fonseca, N L ^a   Rodrigues, A ^b   Kutner, J M ^a   Castilho, L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c HIAE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 14944377930     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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