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Medical and economic implications of strategies to prevent alloimmunization in sickle cell disease

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The pathogenesis of alloimmunization is not well understood, and initiatives that aim to reduce the incidence of alloimmunization are generally expensive and either ineffective or unproven. In this review, we… Click to show full abstract

The pathogenesis of alloimmunization is not well understood, and initiatives that aim to reduce the incidence of alloimmunization are generally expensive and either ineffective or unproven. In this review, we summarize the current medical literature regarding alloimmunization in the sickle cell disease (SCD) population, with a special focus on the financial implications of different approaches to prevent alloimmunization.

Keywords: alloimmunization; alloimmunization sickle; prevent alloimmunization; cell disease; sickle cell

Journal Title: Transfusion
Year Published: 2017

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