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Genomic analyses of RH alleles to improve transfusion therapy in patients with sickle cell disease.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Apr 2014
Reid Marion E, Halter Hipsky Christine, Hue-Roye Kim, Hoppe Carolyn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Red cell (RBC) blood group alloimmunization remains a major problem in transfusion medicine. Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at particularly high risk for developing alloantibodies to RBC antigens compared to other multiply transfused patient populations. Hemagglutination is the classical method used to test for blood group antigens, but depending on the typing methods and reagents used...
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