The impact of screening a platelet donor panel for human leucocyte antigen antibodies to reduce the risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-170

  Boulton Jones, R ^b   Norris, A ^b   O'Sullivan, A ^b   Comrie, A ^b   Forgan, M ^b   Rawlinson, P S M ^b   Clark, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; FITNESS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK;

EID: 0038317888     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2003.00439.x     Document Type: Letter

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