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Transfusion support of autoimmune hemolytic anemia: how could the blood group genotyping help?
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Jan 2014
El Kenz Hanane, Efira André, Le Phu Quoc, Thiry Claire, Valsamis Joseph, Azerad Marie-Agnès, Corazza Francis
Abstract excerpt
Conventional pretransfusion testing based on hemagglutination assays can be challenging for patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) because of the presence of auto-antibodies. It has been suggested that deoxyribonucleic acid-based methods could be more efficient in the selection of antigen-matched red blood cell units in those settings. Because of the high risk of alloimmunization of these patients and...
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