Red cell alloimmunisation in regularly transfused beta thalassemia patients in Pakistan

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-110

  Zaidi, U ^a   Borhany, Munira ^a   Ansari, S ^a   Parveen, S ^a   Boota, S ^a   Shamim, I ^a   Zahid, D ^a   Shamsi, T ^a  

^a National Institute of Blood Disease and Bone Marrow Transplantation (NIBD)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alloimmunisation; Beta thalassemia; Blood group antigens; Blood transfusion; Red cells antibody

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIBODY; RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY; RHESUS K ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOANTIBODIES; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; PAKISTAN; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SPLENECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929841406     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12196     Document Type: Article

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