Prevalence of clinically significant red blood cell alloantibodies in pregnant women at a large tertiary-care facility

Immunohematology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 127-130

  Smith, Heather M ^a   Shirey, Rosetta S ^a   Thoman, Sandra K ^a   Jackson, Jay B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnant women; Prevalence; Red blood cell alloantibodies

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; RHO(D) ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84902135431     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: 19303955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY-2019-134     Document Type: Article

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