MIP 343 Lecture Notes - Blood Type, Blood Transfusion, Red Blood Cell

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Blood types determined by presence of absence of agglutinogens (antigens) on surface of. Proposed that initiated by minute amounts of a and b antigens that enter body through food, bacteria, &c. A person with a antigens has anti-b antibodies. A person with b antigens has anti-a antibodies. A person with neither a nor b antigens has both anti-a and anti-b antibodies. A person with both a and b antigens has neither anti-a nor anti-b antibodies. Blood type is based on antigens a person possesses. Both anti-b and anti-b o, a, b, ab o. Determine blood type via test performed with antisera. People can receive transfusions of only certain blood types, depending on the type of blood they have. Mix incompatible blood types erythrocyte destruction, agglutination, other problems. Anti-b antibodies from type a blood may attack type b erythrocytes. Abo blood groups, other antigen characteristics often used in medico-legal situations. Comparison of blood groups of moth, child, and alleged father.

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