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Article: IgA in blood products causes anaphylaxis following transfusion in those with anti-IgA.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- January 14, 2004
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2004 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with anti-IgA in their plasma may have anaphylaxis post-transfusion, but in absence of new IgA-free or low material, another slow transfusion with IgA blood may help.
"IgA anaphylactic transfusion reactions are rare events that must be distinguished from more common acute generalized transfusion-related events, including ABO hemolytic reactions, acute hypervolemia, transfusion-related acute lung injury, drug allergy, and other acute adverse reactions," scientists writing in the journal Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy report.
"There are no specific clinical findings that establish a diagnosis of ...