Assessment of frequency of alloimmunization and erythrocyte autoimmunization in transfusion dependent thalassemia patients

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-140

  Ansari, Shahla ^a,b   Voosogh, P ^a   Moshtaghian, S ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Autoimmunization; Coomb's test; Hemolytic reaction; Thalassemia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 44849123497     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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