A comparison of two automated methods for the detection and identification of red blood cell alloantibodies

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Garozzo, Giovanni ^a   Licitra, Vincenzo ^a   Criscione, Rosario ^a   Comitini, Nunzio ^a   Noto, Chiara ^a   Lomagno, Rosario ^a   Ruta, Daniela ^a   Spadola, Giovanni ^a   Zago, Valeria ^a   Bonomo, Pietro ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Civile Maria Paterno Arezzo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody screening and identification; Automated methods; Red blood cell antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 47749104124     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2007.0022-06     Document Type: Article

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