Development of warm auto- and allo-antibodies in a 3-year old boy with sickle cell haemoglobinopathy following his first transfusion of a single unit of red blood cells.
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University of Chicago, Medical Center, Biological Sciences Division, Department of Pathology, Chicago IL; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL; Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, American Red Cross Heart of America Region, Peoria, IL; Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Operational Support Manager, American Red Cross Biomedical Headquarters,Washington, USA.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue
دوره 8 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010