Dangerous universal donors: the reality of the Hemocentro in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The term dangerous universal blood donor refers to potential agglutination of the erythrocytes of non-O recipients due to plasma of an O blood group donor, which contains high titers of anti-A and/or anti-B hemagglutinins. Thus, prior titration of anti-A and anti-B hemagglutin...

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Main Authors: Mariana Martins Godin, Lucas de Oliveira Souza, Luciana Cayres Schmidt, Lauro Mello Vieira, Rejane Silva Diniz, Luci Maria SantAna Dusse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Subjects:
IgM
IgG
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842016000300193&lng=en&tlng=en