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PLTs of blood group A1 donors express increased surface A antigen owing to apheresis and prolonged storage.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2003
Julmy Friedgard, Achermann François, Schulzki Thomas, Carrel Thierry, Nydegger Urs
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BACKGROUND: In contrast to RBC transfusion, where ABO mismatch is potentially lethal, immunologic ABO matching has been considered less critical for PLTs. Nonetheless, PLTs bear ABO blood group antigens, some of them expressing very high levels. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The expression of A antigen was investigated by flow cytometry on resting and stimulated human PLTs of 100 A and 10 O group donors, as well as...
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