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What the Kell!

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The presence of autoantibodies can be particularly vexing when it comes to pretransfusion testing. Specialized, though even relatively simple, immunohematology techniques, such as prewarm testing, can be very useful in resolving the red blood cell antibody reactions in some cases. Solve it!

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  1. Department of Pathology, NYU Lagone Health, Mineola, NY, USA

    Mark T. Friedman

  2. Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Kamille A. West

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Northwell Health System, Great Neck, NY, USA

    Peyman Bizargity

  4. Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Kyle Annen

  5. Department of Pathology, Northwell Health System, Greenvale, NY, USA

    H. Deniz Gur

  6. Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

    Timothy Hilbert

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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Gur, H.D., Hilbert, T. (2023). What the Kell!. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_10

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