The transfusion histories over a 33-month period of 50 patients with sickle cell disease were reviewed to determine the frequency of alloimmunization to red cell antigens following transfusion in these patients. There were 30 females and 20 males, aged 19--49 years. Eighteen (36%) were immunized of
Malignancy in patients with sickle cell disease
โ Scribed by William H. Schultz; for the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses; Physician Assistants Russell E. Ware
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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