Prevalence and specificities of red blood cell alloantibodies in transfused Ugandans with different diseases

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-171

  Natukunda, B ^a   Schonewille, H ^b   Van De Watering, L ^b   Brand, A ^b,c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cancer; Malaria; RBC alloantibodies; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP E ANTIGEN; EDETIC ACID; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY; RHESUS K ANTIBODY; RHESUS LE ANTIBODY; RHESUS S ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549209095     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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