Transfusion of platelets containing ABO-incompatible plasma: A survey of 3156 North American Laboratories

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 909-916

  Fung, Mark K ^a   Downes, Katharine A ^b   Shulman, Ira A ^c  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 34250206997     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/2007-131-909-topcap     Document Type: Article

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