ABO reverse grouping: Effect of varying concentrations of the enzyme bromelain

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Rookard, L E ^a   Edmondson, O ^a   Greenwell, Pamela ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood grouping and crossmatching; Bromelains; Peptide hydrolases

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BROMELAINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69249199420     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2009.11730251     Document Type: Article

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