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Is female sex a risk factor for red blood cell alloimmunization after transfusion? A systematic review.
Transfusion medicine reviews - 1 Oct 2012
Verduin Esther P, Brand Anneke, Schonewille Henk
Abstract excerpt
Large scale red blood cell (RBC) antigen genotyping of donors is currently well developed. There is scarce information, however, to select patients who might benefit from preemptive extended RBC antigen-matched transfusions. Female sex has been proposed as a risk factor for RBC alloimmunization after transfusion. To asses whether females respond differently to RBC alloantigens compared with males, we conducted a...
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