Febrile nonhaemolytic transfusion reaction caused by antibodies against human platelet antigen 5a

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 443-444

  Tazzari, P L ^a   Bontadini, A ^a   Zamagni, C ^a   Ricci, F ^a   Fruet, F ^a   Iannelli, S ^a   Conte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FNHTR; HPA 5a; Platelets; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN; 5A ALLOANTIGEN, HUMAN; ALLOANTIBODY;

ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33644697910     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2005.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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