Comparison of two techniques for the evaluation of fetomaternal hemorrhage in RhD-negative women: Gel agglutination and haemoglobin F determination by flow cytometry

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 821-826

  Ben Haroush, Avi ^a,b,d   Belkin, Alina ^a,d   Chezar, Judith ^c   Orlin, Jerome ^b,d   Hod, Moshe ^a,d   Bar, Jacob ^a,d  

^a Helen Schneider Hospital for Women   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetomaternal hemorrhage; Flow cytometry; Gel agglutination

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 34447123803     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701415509     Document Type: Article

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