Optimizing Rh immune globulin dosing strategies: Addressing shortages by reducing postpartum overtreatment
Sri Bharathi Kavuri1, Elizabeth P Crowe1, Paul M Ness1
1Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Transfusion
|August 19, 2025
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