Participating in the Evolution of Transfusion Medicine From a Dispensary Into a Discipline

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-167

  Vyas, Girish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AGED; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC;

EID: 40749151116     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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