Article
A mimicking red blood cell autoantibody accompanying transfusion and alloimmunization.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Wenz B, Gurtlinger K, Wheaton D, Dugan E P
Abstract excerpt
A patient with sickle cell disease who concomitantly developed red cell autoimmunity and alloimmunization is reported. The implied but 'wrong' specificity of the autoantibody mimicked one of the alloantibodies in the patient's serum. Although the patient's red blood cells phenotyped at Ro4, anti-...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantibodies
- Child
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Lewis Blood Group Antigens
- Male
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
- Transfusion Reaction