Red blood cell alloimmunization among Saudi pregnant women in the central province of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-123

  Al Ibrahim, Naje ^a   AlSaeed, Abbas H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ABO; Alloimmunization; Autoimmune hemolysis; Erythroblastosis fetalis; IgC; IgM; Rh

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP KIDD SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 69749106168     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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