Red blood cell transfusions are associated with HLA class I but not H-Y alloantibodies in children with sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 247-256

  Nickel, Robert S ^a,b   Hendrickson, Jeanne E ^c   Yee, Marianne M ^a   Bray, Robert A ^b   Gebel, Howard M ^b   Kean, Leslie S ^a,d   Miklos, David B ^e   Horan, John T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloimmunization; H Y; HLA antibody; Sickle cell disease; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HY ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; H-Y ANTIGEN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934437245     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13424     Document Type: Article

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