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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-10-01
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Series: | Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137921006829 |