Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 66-69 , March 2009

Incidence of Alloantibodies in Transfused Patients in Eastern Taiwan

  • Rong-Hwa Jan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Li-Chih Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu-Hui Wen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shii-Shou Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Teng-Yi Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 10 January 2008 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60010-0

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60010-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 66-69 , March 2009

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