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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Few data have been published that correlate in vitro monocyte monolayer assays (MMA) and red cell (RBC) survival in patients with alloantibodies of unknown significance. Over the past 6 years we gathered clinical correlations in 12 patients with the following antibodies: anti-Lan (three patients), -Ge (three patients), -Yta (five patients), and -Ytb (one patient). RBC survival was estimated using 51Cr studies in seven patients and follow-up of transfusion of incompatible blood in the other five. Six patients with no evidence of RBC destruction had negative MMA findings (anti-Lan [one patient], -Ge [two patients], and -Yta [three patients]). Five patients with evidence of in vivo RBC destruction had significant MMA results. The two clinically significant anti-Lans required fresh serum to give a meaningful MMA result. One patient (anti-Ytb) had an MMA result of borderline significance--normal 51Cr RBC survival at 1 hour--but a reduced T50Cr. The MMA we used appeared to predict the clinical outcome of transfusion in every patient with antibodies to high-frequency antigens whom we tested.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0041-1132
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Predicting the clinical significance of red cell alloantibodies using a monocyte monolayer assay.
pubmed:affiliation
American Red Cross Blood Services, Los Angeles-Orange Counties Region, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't