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A simple, practical model for reducing alloimmunization in patients with sickle cell disease.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jun 1993
Sosler S D, Jilly B J, Saporito C, Koshy M
Abstract excerpt
Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) form immune alloantibodies more frequently than other transfused populations because red cells (RBCs) from white donors (with a higher incidence of certain Rh, Duffy, Kell, and Kidd blood group antigens) are transfused to black patients often lacking these antigens. We propose a model to reduce alloimmunization in patients with SCD by providing them with blood from only...
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