AFAIK our lab checks for certain donor antigens to confirm "negative" before releasing the bag for transfusion. I would think that each patient has their own
set of antigens to be avoided. For example, the 'Phenotype Tag' for my 232nd transfusion was indicated "negative" for C^W and Jk^a.
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Ric: Low-risk MDS (blasts <4%); 4 cycles Revlimid no positive response; PRBC transfusion dependent; so far, 392'units' over 8 3/4 years; BMB #4 (15/04/01) shows evolution to AML (blasts 20-30%
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47,XY,del(5) (q22q35),+21[24][cp24]/46,XY(1).