Determination and successful transfusion of anti-Gerbich-positive red blood cells in a patient with a strongly reactive anti-Gerbich antibody

Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 154-156

  Hildebrandt, M ^a   Hell, A ^b   Etzel, F ^b   Genth, R ^b   Salama, A ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood group incompatibility; Erythrocyte transfusion; Flow cyometry; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0034045743     PISSN: 10198466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000025261     Document Type: Article

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