Screening of diseases transmissible by blood in recipients prior to transfusion at a university hospital in the Northeast of Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Carrazzone, Cristina F V ^a,b,c   Verçosa, Alinne F A ^a   Lorena, Virginia M B ^a   Melo, Myllena F A D ^a   Machado, Raquel C A ^a   Pinto, Maria B D A ^b   Brito, Ana M ^a,d   Gomes, Yara M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Hemope   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood recipients; Blood transfusion; Hemotherapy; Serological screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747339156     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-84842006000100007     Document Type: Article

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