Farhat Abbas Bhatti, Nasira Shaheen, Muhammad Farooq Khattak.
Red cell antibodies in thalassemia major.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;8(2):29-30.

In this study 138 patients of thalassaemia major receiving regular blood transfusion were studied for the development of anti red cell antibodies. The sera of all patients were tested against panels of 3 cell and 11 cells by indirect antiglobulin test. The results show that only 5 (3.6%) of the patients had developed antibodies, All of the patients manifested diffeculties in crossmatch while three also had delayed haemolytic transfusion reactions.

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