Antigen matching for transfusion support in Brazilian female patients with sickle cell disease to reduce RBC alloimmunization.
Janaína Guilhem MunizCarine Prisco ArnoniRosangela MedeirosTatiane VendrameAfonso CortezJosé S AfonsoFlavia LatiniLilian CastilhoManoel GirãoPublished in: Transfusion (2021)
In Brazilians, screening African descent donors allows the implementation of prophylactic CEK and extended antigen-matching transfusion protocols to female patients with SCD to reduce RBC alloimmunization; however, the supply of compatible blood can be impaired for patients with Rh variants.