<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Wra is a low-prevalence antigen. Anti-Wra is a relatively common antibody present in approximately 1 in 100 healthy blood donors. Anti-Wra is reported to cause different degrees of hemolysis in transfusion and in HDN, ranging from benign to severe. This report describes an acute overt hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient whose serum contained anti-Wra and who received a Wr(a+) RBC component. <bold><italic>Immunohematology</italic></bold><bold>2008;24:113–115.</bold></abstract>

Wra is a low-prevalence antigen. Anti-Wra is a relatively common antibody present in approximately 1 in 100 healthy blood donors. Anti-Wra is reported to cause different degrees of hemolysis in transfusion and in HDN, ranging from benign to severe. This report describes an acute overt hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient whose serum contained anti-Wra and who received a Wr(a+) RBC component. Immunohematology2008;24:113–115.

Overt immediate hemolytic transfusion reaction attributable to anti-Wra

Immunohematology

Overt immediate hemolytic transfusion reaction attributable to anti-Wr

Wra is a low-prevalence antigen. Anti-Wra is a relatively common antibody present in approximately 1 in 100 healthy blood donors. Anti-Wra is reported to cause...

Overt immediate hemolytic transfusion reaction attributable to anti-Wr^a

Article Category: Case Report

Published Online: Mar 24, 2020

Page range: 113 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-282

Keywords
low-prevalence antigens, Wr, anti-Wr, hemolytic transfusion reaction

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