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Rh antigen

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Rh antigen
Transfusion medicine Any of a composite of multiple blood group antigens on RBC membranes–eg, Rh-C–c, C, CG, Cw, Rh-D–D, weak D–formerly Du, Dw, Rh-E–e, E, Ew, Rh-G, Rh-LW, Rh-Nea and Rhnull. See Rh system.


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Results From Supplementary Questions to the Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey of the College of American Pathologists With the discovery of the Rh antigen and its relationship to hemolytic disease of the newborn in 1939 and 1940, it soon became a recognized standard of care to make every attempt to avoid transfusing Rh(D)-positive red blood cells to Rh(D)-negative individuals.
The products covered under the agreement are a wide range of reagents and test kits used in blood grouping, detection of Rh antigens, cross matching of blood and for the detection of rare antigens in patient or donor blood.
 
 
 
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