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RhD haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn by Urbaniak, S.J., Greiss, M.A.

“…When an RhD negative mother is exposed to the RhD positive red cells (usually as transplacental haemorrhage), she develops allo-anti-D which crosses the…”
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The scientific basis of antenatal prophylaxis by Urbaniak, S. J.

“…Background Standard post‐delivery administration of anti‐D, together with further anti‐D for events known to result in fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH) during…”
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Alloimmunity to RhD in humans by Urbaniak, S.J.

“…The RhD protein is expressed only on human red blood cells (RBC), and is one of the most immunogenic of the blood groups. It is of clinical importance since…”
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Comparing near misses with actual mistransfusion events: a more accurate reflection of transfusion errors by IBOJIE, J, URBANIAK, S. J

“…In a retrospective review of transfusion errors in a large teaching hospital, we found the true incidence of errors to be at least four times the actual…”
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In vivo platelet activation in atherothrombotic stroke is not determined by polymorphisms of human platelet glycoprotein IIIa or Ib by Meiklejohn, D. J., Vickers, M. A., Morrison, E. R., Dijkhuisen, R., Moore, I., Urbaniak, S. J., Greaves, M.

“…Platelet membrane glycoprotein polymorphisms are candidate risk factors for thrombosis, but epidemiological data are conflicting. Thus, demonstration of a…”
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Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) by Urbaniak, S. J.

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Antenatal Screening for Fetomaternal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia: Should we be doing it? by Murphy, M.F., Williamson, L.M., Urbaniak, S.J.

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Platelet glycoprotein IIIa polymorphism HPA 1b (PlA2): no association with platelet fibrinogen binding by Meiklejohn, D. J., Urbaniak, S. J., Greaves, M.

“…The role of the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIIa polymorphism HPA 1b (PlA2) in the risk of arterial thrombosis is controversial. We investigated the effect of…”
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Alloimmunity to Human Red Blood Cell Antigens by Urbaniak, S J

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The analysis and quantification of a clonal B cell response in a hyperimmunized anti‐D donor by Dohmen, S. E., Verhagen, O. J. H. M., De Groot, S. M., Stott, L. M., Aalberse, R. C., Urbaniak, S. J., Van Der Schoot, C. E.

“…Summary Healthy volunteers are hyperimmunized with RhD‐positive red cells in order to obtain plasma containing high titres of anti‐D immunoglobulin, which is…”
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Report on the 12th International Society of Blood Transfusion platelet immunology workshop by Bessos, H., Wilson, D. W. L., Metcalfe, P., Allen, D., Urbaniak, S. J.

“…Background and Objectives  The aims of the 12th International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Platelet Immunology Workshop were to evaluate the proficiency…”
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Immunogenetics and clinical phenotype of sympathetic ophthalmia in British and Irish patients by Kilmartin, Dara J, Wilson, David, Liversidge, Janet, Dick, Andrew D, Bruce, Julia, Acheson, Robert W, Urbaniak, Stanislaw J, Forrester, John V

“…BACKGROUND/AIMS Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a classic example of autoimmune disease where human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genomic associations could provide…”
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Quality of harvested autologous platelets compared with stored donor platelets for use after cardiopulmonary bypass procedures by CROWTHER, M, FORD, I, JEFFREY, R. R, URBANIAK, S. J, GREAVES, M

“…Platelet dysfunction has a major contribution in bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and transfusion of platelets is frequently used to secure…”
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Semiautomated data analysis of flow cytometric estimation of fetomaternal hemorrhage in D− women by Greiss, M.A., Armstrong-Fisher, S.S., Perera, W.S., Brown, P.M., Urbaniak, S.J.

“…BACKGROUND : Accurate and reliable measurement of the volume of fetal D+ cells in D− women is required for adequate anti‐D prophylaxis. A semiautomated flow…”
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Noninvasive approaches to the management of RhD hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn by Urbaniak, S.J.

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A prospective study of routine antenatal enzyme antibody screening demonstrates lack of clinical value in predicting haemolytic disease of the newborn by Clark, D., Greiss, M. A., Urbaniak, S. J.

“…A prospective study of 7065 consecutive new pregnancies identified 230 with a positive screen, of which 27% (62/230) were ‘enzyme‐only’ antibodies. 32 of these…”
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Evidence of genetic diversity underlying Rh D-, weak D (Du), and partial D phenotypes as determined by multiplex polymerase chain reaction analysis of the RHD gene by AVENT, N. D, MARTIN, P. G, ARMSTRONG-FISHER, S. S, LIU, W, FINNING, K. M, MADDOCKS, D, URBANIAK, S. J

“…The human blood group Rh antigens are expressed by proteins encoded by a pair of highly homologous genes located at chromosome 1p34-36. One of the genes (RHCE)…”
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V(D)J germline gene repertoire analysis of monoclonal D antibodies and the implications for D epitope specificity by Perera, W.S., Moss, M.T., Urbaniak, S.J.

“…BACKGROUND: The D antigen is a highly immunogenic human RBC antigen. Alloimmunization against the D antigen produces high‐affinity antibodies that cause…”
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Variable inhibition of placental IgG transfer in vitro with commercial IVgG preparations by Urbaniak, S. J., Duncan, J. I., Armstrong‐Fisher, S. S., Abramovich, D. R., Page, K. R.

“…Maternal administration of high‐dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIgG) for treating fetal RhD haemolytic disease and alloimmune thrombocytopenias may be…”
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Genetic polymorphism of HLA DR in a Scottish population of patients with pars planitis by GREINER, K. H, WILSON, D. W. L, THOMSON, J, KILMARTIN, D. J, URBANIAK, S. J, FORRESTER, J. V

“…Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II influences the immunological susceptibility for a variety of diseases including many types of non-infectious intraocular…”
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