Development of a calculated panel reactive antibody web service with local frequencies for platelet transfusion refractoriness risk stratification

• Main Authors: William J Gordon (Author), Layne Ainsworth (Author), Samuel Aronson (Author), Jane Baronas (Author), Richard M Kaufman (Author), Indira Guleria (Author), Edgar L Milford (Author), Michael Oates (Author), Rory Dela Paz (Author), Melissa Y Yeung (Author), William J Lane (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Calculated panel reactive antibody (cPRA) scoring is used to assess whether platelet refractoriness is mediated by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies in the recipient. cPRA testing uses a national sample of US kidney donors to estimate the population frequency of HLA antigens, whic...