Antibody screening in patients with thalassemia major

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 618-621

  Obeidi, Nrages ^a   Mankhian, Ali Reza ^b   Hatami, Gissoo ^a   Emami, Habib ^c  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alloantibodies; Antibody screening; Autoantibodies; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 81455143048     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMBF1AT2HEVYUS7D     Document Type: Article

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