The erythrocyte phenotype in ABO and Rh blood groups in blood donors and blood recipients in a hospital setting of Cameroon: Adapting supply to demand;Le phénotype érythrocytaire dans les systèmes ABO et Rh chez le donneur et le receveur de produits sanguins en milieu hospitalier camerounais: Adapter l'offre à la demande

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Tayou Tagny, C ^a,c   Fongue Fongue V ^b   Mbanya, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Grandview Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

ABO; Cameroon; Demand and supply; Phenotype; Rh

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECIPIENT; SENSITIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 67651184013     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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