A preliminary study of placental umbilical cord whole blood transfusion in under resourced patients with malaria in the background of anaemia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bhattacharya, Niranjan ^a  

^a Bijoygarh State Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA;

EID: 33646341744     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-20     Document Type: Article

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