Alloimmunization screening after transfusion of red blood cells in a prospective study Pesquisa de aloimunização após transfusão de concentrados de hemácias em um estudo prospectivo

BACKGROUND: Several irregular red blood cell alloantibodies, produced by alloimmunization of antigens in transfusions or pregnancies, have clinical importance because they cause hemolysis in the fetus and newborn and in transfused patients. OBJECTIVE: a prospective analysis of patients treated by th...

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Main Authors: Vitor Mendonça Alves, Paulo Roberto Juliano Martins, Sheila Soares, Gislene Araújo, Luciana Cayres Schmidt, Sidneia Sanches de Menezes Costa, Dante Mário Langhi, Helio Moraes-Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842012000300012