Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction in a pediatric patient following transfusion of apheresis platelets

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Sapatnekar, Suneeti ^a   Sharma, Girish ^b,c   Downes, Katharine A ^b   Wiersma, Susan ^b   McGrath, Claire ^a   Yomtovían, Roslyn ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Oncodiagnostics Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO blood groups; Hemolysis; Platelet transfusion

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM TUMOR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 33644986465     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20072     Document Type: Article

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