Rare blood donors: A personal approach

Immunohematology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Levene, Cyril ^a   Asher, Orna ^b   Shinar, Eilat ^c   Yahalom, Vered ^b,c  

^a National Blood Group Reference Laboratory (NBGRL)

^b NBGRL ^*  (Israel)

^c MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

Author keywords

NBGRL; Personal approach; Rare blood donors; SCARF

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; ADULT; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE;

EID: 33746120713     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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