1. General Introduction; 2. Review of the Literature on red Cell Alloimmunization; 3. Alloimmunization to red Blood Cell Antigens after Universal Leucodepletion. A regional multicentre retrospective study; 4. The importance of antibodies against loq-incidence RBC Antigens in complete and abbreviated cross-matching; 5. Alloimmunization after blood transfusion in patients with hametologic and oncologic diseases; 6. Additional RBC alloantibodies after blood transfusion in a nonhematological alloimmunizaed patient cohort: is it time to take precautionary measures?
Summary
An investigation of the safety implications of pre-transfusion policy which requires the patient's serum to be tested for the presence of irregular red blood cell antibodies
