Maternal red blood cell alloimmunisation in South Western Uganda

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-266

  Natukunda, B ^a   Mugyenyi, G ^a   Brand, A ^b,c   Schonewille, H ^b  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b South West Region ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haemolytic disease of the newborn; Maternal alloimmunisation; Pregnancy; RBC alloantibodies; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL RED BLOOD CELL ALLOIMMUNISATION; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; UGANDA;

EID: 79960145248     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2011.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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