ABO incompatibility does not influence transfusion requirements in patients undergoing single-unit umbilical cord blood transplantation

• Published in: Bone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke) Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 394 - 399
• Main Authors: Solves, P, Carpio, N, Carretero, C, Lorenzo, J I, Sanz, J, Gómez, I, López-Chuliá, F, Arilla, M J, Regadera, A I, Montesinos, P, Sanz, G F, Sanz, M Á
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.03.2017
• Subjects: ABO Blood-Group System; ABO system; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Allografts; Anemia; Antibodies; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Blood; Blood Group Incompatibility; Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; Blood transfusion; Bone marrow; Cord blood; Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; Female; Hematologic Neoplasms - therapy; Hematopoietic stem cells; Humans; Impact analysis; Incompatibility; Male; Matching; Methods; Middle Aged; Patients; Physiological aspects; Stem cell transplantation; Stem cells; Transfusion; Transplantation; Umbilical cord

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is usually performed without considering the ABO compatibility between donor and recipient. There are few studies analyzing ABO matching impact on transfusion outcome of umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) recipients. The aim of this study was to analy...