Red blood cell alloimmunization in sickle cell disease: The influence of racial and antigenic pattern differences between donors and recipients in Brazil

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Moreira Jr , Gilberto ^a   Bordin, José O ^a   Kuroda, Akemi ^a   Kerbauy, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; Blood transfusion; Red cell antigens; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029683523     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199607)52:3<197::AID-AJH11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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