Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 140-146 , April 2010

A Strategic Approach to the Problems of Providing Rhesus D–Negative Blood Transfusion in Geographic Areas With Low RhD Negativity: A Nigerian Perspective

  • Sagir G. Ahmed

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sagir G. Ahmed, MBBS, FWACP, Department of Haematology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, PMB 3452, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2009.11.005

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 140-146 , April 2010

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