Rev. Bras. Hematol. Hemoter. vol.39 número2

rev bras hematol hemoter. 2017;39(2):186

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Revista

Brasileira

de

Hematologia

e

Hemoterapia

Brazilian

Journal

of

Hematology

and

Hemotherapy

Erratum

Erratum

to

“Alloimmunization

screening

after

transfusion

of

red

blood

cells

in

a

prospective

study”

[Rev

Bras

Hematol

Hemoter.

2012;34(3):206–211]

Vitor

Mendonc¸a

Alves

,

Paulo

Roberto

Juliano

Martins

,

Sheila

Soares

,

Gislene

Araújo

_,

_Luciana

_Cayres

_Schmidt

_,

_Sidneia

_Sanches

_de

_Menezes

_Costa

_,

Dante

Mário

Langhid

_Helio

_Moraes-Souza

a_{UniversidadeFederaldoTriânguloMineiro(UFTM),Uberaba,MG,Brazil}

b_{UniversidadeFederaldeAlfenas(UNIFAL),Alfenas,MG,Brazil}

c_{Fundac¸ãoCentrodeHematologiaeHemoterapiadeMinasGerais(HEMOMINAS),BeloHorizonte,MG,Brazil}

d_{FaculdadedeCiênciasMédicasdaSantaCasadeSãoPaulo(FCMSCSP),SãoPaulo,SP,Brazil}

Theauthors regretthe followingerror.Inthe article“Alloimmunization screeningaftertransfusion ofredblood cells ina prospectivestudy”[RevBrasHematolHemoter.2012;34(3):206–11],intheIntroductionsection,whereitreads:

“Additionally,RBCalloimmunizationinvestigationsareoftenpreformedonlyaftertransfusioneventsandmanyalloantibodies maynotbedetectedasnofurthertransfusionsarerequiredorbecausethetiterofantibodiesdecreasesovertimeandreaches anon-detectablelevelpriortotesting.”

Itshouldread:

“Additionally,RBCalloimmunizationinvestigationsareoftenperformedonlybeforetransfusioneventsandmany alloanti-bodiesmaynotbedetectedasnofurthertransfusionsarerequiredorbecausethetiterofantibodiesdecreasesovertimeand reachesanon-detectablelevelpriortotesting.”

DOIoforiginalarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.5581/1516-8484.20120051.

∗ _{Correspondingauthorat:HemocentroRegionaldeUberaba,Fundac¸ãoHEMOMINAS,Av.GetúlioGuaritá,250,Abadia,38025-440Uberaba,}

MG,Brazil.

E-mailaddress:[email protected](V.M.Alves). 1516-8484/$–seefrontmatter