Review of positive direct antiglobulin tests found on cord blood sampling

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 504-507

  Dinesh, Dorothy ^a  

^a New Zealand Forest Industries Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coombs' test; Erythroblastosis; Fetal; Intrauterine transfusion; Jaundice; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SAMPLING; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD BANKS; COOMBS' TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; PHOTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644828454     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00692.x     Document Type: Review

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