Detecting fetomaternal hemorrhage by flow cytometry

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 490-495

  Dziegiel, Morten Hanefeld ^a   Nielsen, Leif Kofoed ^a   Berkowicz, Adela ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fetal hemoglobin; Fetomaternal; Flow cytometry; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ALLELE; ANEMIA; BLOOD GROUP; CELL VOLUME; CHIMERA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHIMERA; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750218655     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moh.0000245687.09215.c4     Document Type: Review

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