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

Haematologica. 2017 Aug;102(8):e289-e292. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2016.162685. Epub 2017 Apr 14.

Dorothea Evers^{1

2}, Johanna G van der Bom^{1

3}, Janneke Tijmensen^{1

2}, Masja de Haas^{1

2

4}, Rutger A Middelburg^{1

3}, Karen M K de Vooght⁵, Daan van de Kerkhof⁶, Otto Visser⁷, Nathalie C V Péquériaux⁸, Francisca Hudig⁹, Jaap Jan Zwaginga^{10

2}

¹ Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
² Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Deptartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Immunohematology Diagnostics, Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Hematology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
⁹ LabWest, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands.
¹⁰ Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands j.j.zwaginga@lumc.nl.

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