Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 134-145 , April 2009

Passenger Lymphocyte Syndrome With or Without Immune Hemolytic Anemia in all Rh-Positive Recipients of Lungs From Rhesus Alloimmunized Donors: Three New Cases and a Review of the Literature

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 This work was originally presented at the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) 2007 Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA, on October 22, 2007, and is published in Transfusion 2007; 47S: 25A-26A).

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2008.12.003

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 134-145 , April 2009

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