Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction presenting as a painful crisis in a patient with sickle cell anemia
CONTEXT: Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are frequently transfused with red blood cells (RBC). Recently, we reported that the calculated risk of RBC alloimmunization per transfused unit in Brazilian patients with SCA is 1.15%. We describe a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) presen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
1999-01-01
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| Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000100007&lng=en&tlng=en |