Marion E Reid, New York Blood Center, New York, USA
Published online: July 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001230.pub2
Determination of blood group antigens is an integral part of safe blood transfusion and of the management of pregnancy. The antigens are on the surface of erythrocytes and, thus, can elicit an immune response in a recipient who has a different profile of antigens (only identical twins will have erythrocytes with the same profile).
Keywords: blood group antigens and transfusion; ABO and Rh blood groups; RBC alloantibodies; RBC antigens; compatibility testing
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| book Reid ME and Lomas-Francis C (2007) Blood Group Antigens & Antibodies. New York: Star Bright Books Inc. | |
| book Reid ME and Nance SJ (1998) Red Cell Transfusion: A Practical Guide. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. | |
| book Reid ME and Toy PTCY (1998) "Erythrocyte blood groups in transfusion". In: Nathan D and Gand Orkin SH (eds) Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, pp. 1760–1783. Philadelphia: WB Saunders. | |
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