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Predicting the effect of transfusing only phenotype-matched RBCs to patients with sickle cell disease: theoretical and practical implications.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 2002
Castro Oswaldo, Sandler S Gerald, Houston-Yu Patricia, Rana Sohail
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BACKGROUND: Transfusing only phenotype-matched RBCs has been recommended to reduce the incidence of alloimmunization to blood group antigens in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The expected benefit of phenotype matching was determined by identifying which of the...
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