On the Complexity of D Antigen Typing: A Handy Decision Tree in the Age of Molecular Blood Group Diagnostics

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 746-752

  Flegel, Willy A ^a   Denomme, Gregory A ^b   Yazer, Mark H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti D; Partial D; Pregnancy; Prenatal; RhD; Typing; Weak D

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; RHO(D) ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP RH; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RHD GENE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 39149121913     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32606-8     Document Type: Note

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