Hyperhemolytic Syndrome complicating a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction due to anti-P1 alloimmunization, in a pregnant woman with HbO-Arabβ-thalassemia

Abstract Background: Hyperhemolytic Syndrome or Hyperhemolytic Transfusion Reaction (HHTR), a life-threatening subset of Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (DHTR) is characterized by destruction of both transfused and autologous erythrocytes evidenced by a fall in post transfusion hemoglobin b...

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Main Authors: Zoe Bezirgiannidou, Anna Christoforidou, Eftychia Kontekaki, Athanasios Anastasiadis, Spyros Papamichos, Helen Menexidou, Dimitrios Margaritis, George Martinis, Elpidoforos Mandadakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mattioli1885 2016-10-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/2680