COMPARISON OF PROPHYLACTIC GENOTYPIC MATCHING WITH PHENOTYPIC MATCHING FOR REDUCING THE RATE OF ALLOIMMUNIZATION AND HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD)

Background: Patients with SCD are among one of transfused populations more often alloimmunized to red blood cell (RBC) antigens. Although transfusion services establish protocols of serologic matching and genotypic matching to reduce alloimmunization, there is still no consensus to the best practica...

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Main Authors: TDD Santos, MR Miranda, I Leal, S Gilli, L Castilho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137921006829