An investigation of secondary anti-D immunisation among phenotypically RhD-negative individuals in the Chinese population

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-243

  Wang, Qing Ping ^b   Dong, Guang Tao ^c   Wang, Xue Dong ^a   Gu, Juan ^a   Li, Zheng ^d   Sun, An Yuan ^e   Shao, Chao Peng ^f   Pan, Zhao Lin ^a   Huang, Li Hua ^a   Xie, Wei Xing ^a   Sun, Guang Ming ^g   Chen, Jian Jiang ^b   Pei, Hao ^a   Yang, Xiao Juan ^a   Shan, Ping Nan ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Shenzhen Blood Center Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine   (China)

^g JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alloimmunisation; Del phenotype; Pregnancy; RhD negative; Transfusion recipient

Indexed keywords

RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY; ALLOANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; RHO(D) ANTIBODY; RHO(D) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RHESUS IMMUNIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 84899495754     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2013.0184-12     Document Type: Article

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