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Secondary anti-D immunization by Del red blood cells.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2005
Yasuda Hiroyasu, Ohto Hitoshi, Sakuma Shizue, Ishikawa Yoshihide
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent molecular studies of the RHD gene have revealed that D(el) individuals retain a grossly intact RHD gene or have a portion of RHD in their genomes. No D(el) phenotype has yet been shown to induce a primary or secondary alloanti-D immunization, however. CASE REPORT: A 67-year-old D- Japanese woman with a history of allosensitization from transfusion of D+ red blood cells (RBCs) was negative for...
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