The entity of immunoglobulin A-related anaphylactic transfusion reactions is not evidence based

Transfusion. 2015 Jan;55(1):199-204. doi: 10.1111/trf.12796. Epub 2014 Jul 28.

Authors

S Gerald Sandler¹, Anne F Eder, Mindy Goldman, Jeffrey L Winters

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

PMID: 25066014
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12796

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anaphylaxis / epidemiology
Anaphylaxis / etiology
Anaphylaxis / immunology*
Anaphylaxis / physiopathology
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / immunology*
Australia / epidemiology
Blood Donors
Blood Safety / standards*
Canada / epidemiology
Causality
Europe / epidemiology
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
IgA Deficiency / blood
IgA Deficiency / epidemiology
IgA Deficiency / immunology
Immunoglobulin A / immunology*
Incidence
Transfusion Reaction* / epidemiology
Transfusion Reaction* / immunology*
Transfusion Reaction* / physiopathology
United States / epidemiology
Unnecessary Procedures

Substances

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Immunoglobulin A
anti-IgA