title: Flow cytometric method for the routine follow-up of red cell populations after bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: A simple and sensitive flow cytometric method is presented for the quantitation of erythrocyte subpopulations. Cells were indirectly labelled using human antisera (mostly crude) and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated anti-human IgG Fab. The method was evaluated by analysing artificial mixtures of blood group antigens A, B, D, E, c, K and Fy(a). Intra-assay coefficients of variation were found to be 7.2% for 1% D-positive mixtures and 2.2% for 10% D-positive mixtures: the inter-assay coefficients of variation were 9.5% and 6.0% respectively. The sensitivity of the method was found to be 0.31%. The method has shown to be suitable for the routine follow-up of patients after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT).
authors.affiliation: Blood Transfusion Service, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: de Man
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: van Berkel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stienstra
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Witte
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity