A randomised controlled trial of placental cord drainage to reduce feto-maternal transfusion

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-30

  Navaneethakrishnan, R ^a   Anderson, A ^b   Holding, S ^b   Atkinson, C ^a   Lindow, S W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feto maternal transfusion; Flow cytometry; Placental drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA CORD DRAINAGE; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 76049098278     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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