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Transfusion-related alloimmune neutropenia: an undescribed complication of blood transfusion.
Lancet (London, England) - 5 Oct 2002
Wallis Jonathan P, Haynes Simon, Stark Gail, Green Frances A, Lucas Geoff F, Chapman Cath E
Abstract excerpt
Alloimmune neutropenia in neonates is rare. We describe severe and persistent neutropenia in a 4-week-old neonate, which arose within 2 h of a transfusion of blood that contained about 28 mL of plasma and in which strong antibodies against human neutrophil antigen 1b (HNA-1b) were subsequently identified. The infant was positive for HNA-1b. No other likely cause of neutropenia was discovered. We believe this...
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