Alloimmunization to kell blood group system antigen owing to unmatched blood transfusion in a resource-poor setting

Immunohematology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Malhotra, S ^a   Kaur, G ^a   Basu, S ^a   Kaur, R ^a   Jindal, G ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Kell blood group system; Prophylactic matching; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; PALLOR; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; HUMANS; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84891641777     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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