Pattern of acute blood transfusion reactions in Kano, North-Western Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Gwaram, Baffa ^a   Borodo, Musa ^a   Dutse, Abdulhamid ^a   Kuliya Gwarzo, Aisha ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute blood transfusion reaction; age of stored blood; previous transfusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934997248     PISSN: 03318540     EISSN: 24889288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0331-8540.102110     Document Type: Article

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