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Year : 2018 | Volume
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Anti Kpa alloantibody: Development of a rare alloantibody in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patient of Indian origin
Sadhana Mangwana, Vivek Gangwar
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Sadhana Mangwana G-17, Pocket - 2, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi - 110 028 India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ajts.AJTS_23_17
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The Kell blood group system is complex, contains many antigens, highly immunogenic, and potent in triggering immune reactions. Antibodies to Kell blood group system are the most common immune red cell antibodies, following ABO and Rh. However, among the anti-Kell antibodies; anti-Kpa is extremely rare. We report an interesting case of Anti-Kpa in a 59-year-old female patient of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, post radiotherapy, who first developed warm autoantibody and later developed anti-Kpa alloantibody on multiple transfusions.
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