Red blood cell alloimmunisation in sickle cell disease patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 137 - 146
• Main Authors: Kambale‐Kombi, Paul, Djang'eing'a, Roland Marini, Alworong'a Opara, Jean‐Pierre, Minon, Jean‐Marc, Sepulchre, Edith, Bours, Vincent, Floch, Aline, Pirenne, France, Tshilumba, Charles Kayembe, Batina‐Agasa, Salomon
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2023; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Alloimmunisation; Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune; Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology; Anemia, Sickle Cell - therapy; Blood Group Antigens; Blood Transfusion; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Democratic Republic of the Congo - epidemiology; Erythrocytes; Hematology; Human health sciences; Humans; Hématologie; Isoantibodies; Prevalence; Sciences de la santé humaine; Sickle cell disease; Young Adult; Democratic Republic of the Congo; blood transfusion; prevalence; alloimmunisation; sickle cell disease

Objectives To determine the prevalence of red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunisation and alloantibody specificity in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in comparison with those followed at the Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR) de la Citadelle of Liège (Bel...