Behnaz Bayat, Jonas Lowack, Marie Audrain, Laure Croisille, Brian Curtis, Rebecca Dangerfield, Behnaz Esmaeili, Claudia Grabowski, Margaret Keller, Hyungsuk Kim, Hartmut Kroll, Marjeta Macek Kvanka, Janette Kwok, Elyse Moritz, Oytip Nathalang, Derrick Nelson, Kaspar René Nielsen, Gail Pahn, Anthony Poles, Leendert Porcelijn, Ulrich J Sachs, Marlies Schönbacher, Günther F Körmöczi, Pawinee Kupatawintu, Daisuke Takahashi, Malgorzata Uhrynowska, Brigitte Flesch, Yoke-Lin Fung
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Human neutrophil antigens (HNAs) are categorized into five systems: HNA-1 to HNA-5. Given the importance of neutrophils in immunity, we sought to create awareness of the role of HNA diagnostic services in managing immune neutropenia and transfusion-related acute lung injury. To provide health communities all around the world with access to these services, we conducted a survey to create a directory of these HNA diagnostic services. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An Excel table-based survey was created to capture information on the laboratory's location and was emailed to 55 individuals with known or possible HNA investigation activity...
August 22, 2023: Vox Sanguinis