A profile of rare bloods in India and its impact in blood transfusion service

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-43

  Joshi, Sanmukh R ^a   Vasantha, K ^b  

^a Institute of Health Sciences   (Oman)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Impact in transfusion service; India; rare blood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879193853     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.95050     Document Type: Article

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