Absence of the spleen and the occurrence of primary red cell alloimmunization in humans

• Dorothea Evers,
• Johanna G. van der Bom,
• Janneke Tijmensen,
• Masja de Haas,
• Rutger A. Middelburg,
• Karen M.K. de Vooght,
• Daan van de Kerkhof,
• Otto Visser,
• Nathalie C.V. Péquériaux,
• Francisca Hudig,
• Jaap Jan Zwaginga

Affiliations

Dorothea Evers

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Johanna G. van der Bom

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Janneke Tijmensen

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Masja de Haas

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;Department of Immunohematology Diagnostics, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Rutger A. Middelburg

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Karen M.K. de Vooght

Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Daan van de Kerkhof

Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Otto Visser

Department of Hematology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Nathalie C.V. Péquériaux

Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

Francisca Hudig

LabWest, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands

Jaap Jan Zwaginga

Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands;Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands