Neonatal red cell transfusions

C.A. Litty

doi:10.21307/immunohematology-2019-257

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Neonatal red cell transfusions

Immunohematology

Volume 24 (2008): Issue 1 (March 2008)

By: C.A. Litty

Paid access

|Mar 2020

Abstract

This review discusses RBC transfusion in the neonatal age group and explores how one institution arrived at current common practice. Special considerations such as CMV infectious risk and GVHD are discussed. Immunohematology2008;24:10–14.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-257 | Journal eISSN: 1930-3955 | Journal ISSN: 0894-203X

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