Frequencies of maternal red blood cell alloantibodies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-41

  Jeremiah, Zaccheaus A ^a   Mordi, Augustina ^b   Buseri, Fiekumo I ^a   Adias, Teddy C ^c  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Rivers State University Rivers State University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c Ogbia   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alloantibodies; frequencies; HDFN; Nigeria; non Rh D antibodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879193218     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.75987     Document Type: Article

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