Is There a Role for Autologous/Placental Red Blood Cell Transfusions in the Anemia of Prematurity?

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Strauss, Ronald G ^a   Widness, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREMATURITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77950620147     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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