Red cell autoantibodies among thalassaemia patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 922-925

  Noor Haslina, Mohd Noor ^a   Ariffin, N ^b   Illuni Hayati, I ^b   Rosline, H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL RAJA PEREMPUAN ZAINAB II   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunisation; Blood transfusion complication; Red cell autoantibody; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; AUTOANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 38449122452     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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