Transfusion support of patients with sickle cell disease at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Immunohematology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Sesok Pizzini, Deborah A ^a,b   Friedman, David F ^a,b   Smith Whitley, Kim ^a,b   Nance, Sandra J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c IRL ^*

^d AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PHILADELPHIA;

EID: 33750451637     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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