Long‐term follow‐up testing of red cell alloantibodies

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BACKGROUND: In previous studies, 29 to 34 percent of potentially hemolytic red cell antibodies were not detected after short-term follow-up. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To examine long-term detection, records were reviewed for 44 consecutive patients who were tested more than 5 years after their potentially hemolytic red cell antibodies were first identified in this hospital. RESULTS: After 5 to 10 years, 14 (39%)...

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