Prevalence of Clinically Significant Alloantibodies among Transfusion Requiring Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Sokoto, Nigeria

Study Design: In this present cross sectional descriptive study, 229 patients consented to the study, with median ages of 26.5 years, 24.0% were males while 174 (76.0%) were females. There were 11 patients who had sickle cell disease (SCD), 10 patients had cancers (Ovarian 4, Bladder 3 and Cervical 3), while other were admitted for various diseases but pregnancy complications predominates. The study was carried out between the months of September and October 2015.