Severe immune haemolysis in a group A recipient of a group O red blood cell unit

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-241

  Barjas Castro, Maria Lourdes ^a   Locatelli, M F ^a   Carvalho, M A ^a   Gilli, S O ^a   Castro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Isoagglutinin; Transfusion reaction

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; ISOANTIBODIES; JAUNDICE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PAIN;

EID: 0041695623     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2003.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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