Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
"Blood Grouping and Crossmatching" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Testing erythrocytes to determine presence or absence of blood-group antigens, testing of serum to determine the presence or absence of antibodies to these antigens, and selecting biocompatible blood by crossmatching samples from the donor against samples from the recipient. Crossmatching is performed prior to transfusion.
| Descriptor ID |
D001788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.625.120 E01.370.225.812.385.120 E05.200.625.120 E05.200.812.385.120 E05.478.594.385.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Typing- Blood Typing
- Typing, Blood
- Blood Grouping
- Grouping, Blood
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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