Red cell exchange does not appear to increase the rate of allo- and auto-immunization in chronically transfused children with sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-296

  Venkateswaran, Lakshmi ^a,b   Teruya, Jun ^a,b,c   Bustillos, Christy ^d   Mahoney, Donald ^a,b   Mueller, Brigitta U ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Departments of Pathology and Medicine   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Sickle cell disease; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958816234     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22985     Document Type: Article

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