Risk of red blood cell alloimmunisation in Rwanda: Assessment of pretransfusion crossmatch techniques used in district hospitals

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Ndahimana, E ^a   Gothot, A ^a   Gerard C ^a   Senyana, F ^b   R'zik S ^a   Mukabayire, O ^b   Mutesa, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RWANDA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA;

EID: 84959067453     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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