Article
[Transfusion and alloimmunization in sickle cell anemia patients].
Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine - 1 Jan 1994
Norol F, Nadjahi J, Bachir D, Desaint C, Guillou Bataille M, Beaujean F, Bierling P, Bonin P, Galacteros F, Duedari N
Abstract excerpt
Transfusion therapy for sickle cell anemia is limited by the development of antibodies to red cell antigens. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether transfusion of blood matched for antigens Rh and Kell would reduce the incidence of alloimmunization. We determined the transfusion history, r...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Blood Transfusion
- Child, Preschool
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Kell Blood-Group System
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Rh Isoimmunization