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Paying attention to the phase of reactivity, whether cold- or warm-reacting, is important when considering the clinical significance of an antibody. Solve it!

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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Gur, H.D., Hilbert, T. (2023). Cold Case. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_5

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