The significance of a positive DAT in thalassemia patients

Immunohematology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Arinsburg, Suzanne A ^a   Skerrett, Donna L ^b   Kleinert, Dorothy ^c   Giardina, Patricia J ^d   Cushing, Melissa M ^d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy   (United States)

^c Nurse Practitioner ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloantibodies; Autoantibodies; DAT; RBC transfusions; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 79951566267     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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