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A Further Example of the Non‐Immune Auto‐Agglutinating Property of Serum
Author(s) -
Hossaini Ali A.,
Burkhart Cecil R.,
Hooper Glenn S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.1965.tb02926.x
Subject(s) - bovine serum albumin , immune system , saline , albumin , immunology , medicine , serum albumin , chemistry
A serum is described which agglutinates all cells, including those of the patient, only when commercial bovine albumin is added. The phenomenon is apparently acquired and transient. Blood compatible by the saline and the indirect Coombs tests was safely transfused.