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You Really “Oughta” Get This…

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Sometimes, an antibody just isn’t what it appears to be. Paying close attention to the clinical history and all of the panel testing results, including patient cell testing, is important. 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). You Really “Oughta” Get This…. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_9

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