Platelet alloimmunization after long-term red cell transfusion in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 761-765

  Lo, Shyh Chyi ^a   Chang, Jhy Sheng ^a   Lin, Susannah Whay Sue ^a   Lin, Dong Tsamn ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; HLA ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; AUTOANTIBODIES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE;

EID: 18544381723     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.04246.x     Document Type: Article

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