Prevalence and risk factors for red blood cell alloimmunisation among sickle cell patients in Mwanza City, Tanzania

Background: Erythrocyte alloimmunisation can lead to complications such as delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction. Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of and risk factors for red blood cell alloimmunisation among multiply transfused sickle cell disease (SCD) patients in Mwanza City,...

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Main Authors: Erius Tebuka, Mwesige Charles, Jeffer O. Bhuko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-09-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/823