Methods for blood group antigens detection: cost-effectiveness analysis of phenotyping and genotyping

Background: Alloimmunization is a major problem in transfusion practice due to the clinical complications of the patients and the difficulty of choosing a unit of compatible blood product. Serological methods are widely used in blood banks, but they not always determine the phenotype. Thus, genotypi...

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Main Authors: Marília Gonçalves Quirino, Cristiane Maria Colli, Luciana Conci Macedo, Ana Maria Sell, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253113791830138X