Red Cell Alloimmunization: Further Reading

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1. Blumberg N, Heal JM, Gettings KF. WBC reduction of RBC transfusions is associated with a decreased incidence of RBC alloimmunization. Transfusion. 2003 Jul;43(7):945-52. [Full Text] [ Medline ]
2. Friedman DF, Lukas MB, Jawad A, Larson PJ, Ohene-Frempong K, Manno CS. Alloimmunization to platelets in heavily transfused patients with sickle cell
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5. Olujohungbe A, Hambleton I, Stephens L, Serjeant B, Serjeant G. Red cell antibodies in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease: a comparison of patients in Jamaica and the United Kingdom. Br J Haematol 2001 Jun;113(3):661-5. [ Medline ]
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10. Singer S T, Wu V, Mignacca R, Kuypers FA, Morel P, Vichinsky EP. Alloimmunization and erythrocyte autoimmunization in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients of predominantly Asian descent. Blood, 2000 15 Nov;96(10): 3369-73.
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13. van de Watering L, Hermans J, Witvliet M, Versteegh M, Brand A. HLA and RBC immunization after filtered and buffy coat-depleted blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Transfusion. 2003 Jun;43(6):765-71. [Full Text ] [ Medline ]
14. Winters JL, Pineda AA, Gorden LD, Bryant SC, Melton LJ III, Vamvakas EC, et al. RBC alloantibody specificity and antigen potency in Olmstead County, Minnesota. Transfusion, 2001 Nov;41(11): 1413-20. [ Full text ] [Medline ]