Alloimmunization to red blood cell antigens by transfusion

Blood

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4315-

  Mintz, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; RISK FACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77953643453     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-264069     Document Type: Letter

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