Red blood cell alloimmunization in transfusion‐dependent Egyptian patients with thalassemia in a limited donor exposure program

AS El Danasoury, DG Eissa, RM Abdo, MS Elalfy - Transfusion, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Thalassemia is considered the most common hemoglobinopathy in Egypt
and is one of its major health problems. Lifelong red blood cell (RBC) transfusion remains …

Red cell alloimmunisation in regularly transfused beta thalassemia patients in Pakistan

U Zaidi, M Borhany, S Ansari, S Parveen… - Transfusion …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Background In Pakistan routine blood group typing of thalassemia patients
identifies ABO and Rh (D) antigens only. Therefore, other antigen incompatibilities between …

A study of red blood cell alloimmunization and autoimmunization among 200 multitransfused Egyptian β thalassemia patients

A El-Beshlawy, AA Salama, MR El-Masry… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The development of hemolytic erythrocyte alloantibodies and autoantibodies complicates
transfusion therapy in thalassemia patients. These antibodies ultimately increase the need …

Study of red blood cell alloimmunization risk factors in multiply transfused thalassemia patients: role in improving thalassemia transfusion practice in Fayoum, Egypt

AM Abdelrazik, SM Elshafie, MN El Said… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND β‐Thalassemia is considered the most common chronic hemolytic anemia
in Egypt. Alloimmunization can lead to serious clinical complications in transfusion …

Clinically significant red blood cell antibodies in chronically transfused patients: a survey of Chinese thalassemia major patients and literature review

CK Cheng, CK Lee, CK Lin - Transfusion, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization is reported to occur at an incidence
of 5.2% to 23.5% among patients with thalassemia requiring chronic transfusion. With very …

Alloimmunization among transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients

MH Sadeghian, MR Keramati, Z Badiei… - Asian journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Thalassemia is a common hemoglobin disorder in Iran and one of the major
public health problems. Although blood transfusions are lifesavers for thalassemia patients …

Frequency and specificity of red cell antibodies in thalassemia patients in Albania

I Seferi, M Xhetani, M Face, G Burazeri… - … journal of laboratory …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Thalassemia major is a common hemoglobinopathy in Albania. However, there
are no data available on the frequency of RBC alloimmunization and autoimmunization in …

Alloimmunization and autoimmunization in transfusion dependent thalassemia major patients: Study on 319 patients

HK Dhawan, V Kumawat, N Marwaha… - Asian journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: The development of anti-red blood cell antibodies (both allo-and
autoantibodies) remains a major problem in thalassemia major patients. We studied the …

Detection and identification of red cell alloantibodies in multiply transfused thalassemia major patients: A prospective study

R Jain, N Choudhury, U Chudgar… - Indian Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Life long red blood transfusion remains the main treatment for β thalassemia major patients.
The development of alloantibodies complicates transfusion therapy in thalassemia patients …

Antibody screening in patients with thalassemia major

N Obeidi, AR Mankhian, G Hatami… - Laboratory …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background: The development of hemolytic alloantibodies and erythrocyte autoantibodies
complicates transfusion therapy in thalassemia patients. Methods: The frequency, causes …