Antibody of undetermined specificity: Frequency, laboratory features, and natural history

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 931-938

  Liu, Chang ^a   Grossman, Brenda J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY OF UNDETERMINED SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877702535     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12070     Document Type: Article

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