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FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLATELET- SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED MULTIPLE PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS
Multiple platelet transfusions can induce alloimmunization. Alloimmunization involving platelet membrane antigens has been characterized by failure to achieve the expected post-transfusion platelet levels; this is a clinical status frequently referred to as refractoriness to platelet transfusion