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Blood group genotyping facilitates transfusion of beta-thalassemia patients.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2002
Castilho Lilian, Rios Maria, Pellegrino Jordão, T O Saad Sara, F Costa Fernando
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the usefulness of blood group genotyping as a supplement to hemagglutination to determine the red blood cell (RBC) antigen profile of polytransfused patients with beta-thalassemia. We selected 10 alloimmunized patients who were receiving antigen-matched RBCs based on phenotype, and had clinical evidence of delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction. DNA was prepared from blood samples and RH E/e, K1/K2,...
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