A population-based binational register for monitoring long-term outcome and possible disease concordance among blood donors and recipients

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-323

  Edgren, G ^a   Hjalgrim, H ^b   Tran, T N ^a,c   Rostgaard, K ^b   Shanwell, A ^d   Titlestad, K ^e   Jakobsson, L ^a   Gridley, G ^f   Wideroff, L ^f   Jersild, C ^g   Adami, J ^a   Melbye, M ^b   Reilly, M ^a   Nyren O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Donation register; Epidemiology; Haemovigilance; Transfusion register; Transfusion transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

BLOOD DONORS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750849052     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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