One third of alloantibodies in patients with sickle cell disease transfused with African blood are missed by the standard red blood cell test panel
Lilian A. Boateng,
Henk Schonewille,
Peter C. Ligthart,
Ahmad Javadi,
Barbera Veldhuisen,
Alex Osei-Akoto,
Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh,
Imelda Bates,
C. Ellen van der Schoot
Affiliations
Lilian A. Boateng
Centre for Capacity Research, International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Directorate of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi
Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh
Haematology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Adult Sickle Cell Clinic, Accra
Imelda Bates
Centre for Capacity Research, International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool
