Transfusion reaction in a case with the rare Bombay blood group

Bombay phenotype is extremely rare in Caucasian with an incidence of 1 in 250,000. When individuals with the Bombay phenotype need blood transfusion, they can receive only autologous blood or blood from another Bombay blood group. Transfusing blood group O red cells to them can cause a fatal hemolyt...

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Main Authors: Hayedeh Javadzadeh Shahshahani, Mohamad Reza Vahidfar, Seyed Ali Khodaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2013;volume=7;issue=1;spage=86;epage=87;aulast=Shahshahani