Early transfusion reactions due to acquired anti-IgA antibodies in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
We report transfusion reactions due to acquired anti-IgA antibodies in a 32-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Previously, such reactions have been reported only after several hundred transfusions. In our patient they commenced within the first few transfusions.
Parikh
P M
PM
Department of Hematology, Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Parcel, Bombay, India.
Iyer
Y S
YS
Mehta
B C
BC
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007070:Immunoglobulin A