Role of Kleihauer test in rhesus negative pregnancy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-123

  Mahboob, Urooj ^a   Mazhar, Syeda Batool ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti D immunoglobulins; Fetomaternal haemorrhage; Kleihauer test; Rhesus incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 33745592558     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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