Screening of Canadian Blood Services donors for severe immunoglobulin A deficiency

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1524-1531

  Palmer, Douglas S ^a   O'Toole, Joan ^a   Montreuil, Therese ^a   Scalia, Vito ^a   Yi, Qi Long ^a   Goldman, Mindy ^a   Towns, Dale ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; RED CROSS; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954345109     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02588.x     Document Type: Article

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