The kinetics of routine antenatal prophylactic intramuscular injections of polyclonal anti-D immunoglobulin

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-101

  MacKenzie, I Z ^a   Roseman, Fenella ^a   Findlay, Janice ^a   Thompson, Kay ^a   Jackson, Emma ^b   Scott, Janet ^b   Reed, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEROLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 33644794527     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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