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A 21-year-old male is referred to the hospital’s emergency department by his primary care physician because of severe anemia (Hct 9 %). The patient (a university student) has no significant past medical history and no history of transfusion. Four units of RBC’s are requested for transfusion.
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Friedman, M., West, K., Bizargity, P. (2016). Just Another Autoantibody. In: Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22342-1_19
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