Frequency of irregular red cell alloantibodies in patients with thalassemia major: A bicenter study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 563-565

  Bilwani, Fareena ^a   Kakepoto, Ghulam Nabi ^a   Adil, Salman N ^a   Usman, Mohammad ^a   Hassan, Farrukh ^b   Khurshid, Mohammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; RHO(D) ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644891607     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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