Red cell phenotyping of blood from donors at the National blood center of Malaysia

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-9

  Musa, Rozi H ^a   Ahmed, Suhair A ^b   Hashim, Hasna ^c   Ayob, Yasmin ^a   Asidin, Nor H ^a   Choo, Poh Y ^a   Al Joudi, Fawwaz S ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood donors; distribution; ethnic groups; red cell phenotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879194347     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.95042     Document Type: Article

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