Blood donors with positive direct antiglobulin tests are at increased risk for cancer

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 838-842

  Rottenberg, Yakir ^a   Yahalom, Vered ^a   Shinar, Eilat ^b   Barchana, Micha ^b   Adler, Bella ^b   Paltiel, Ora ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349174543     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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