Hints to blood groupers, 1950

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Paul J Schmidt, T J Greenwalt

Abstract

Sixty years ago, the premier blood grouping laboratory was that of Robert Race in London. Agglutination tests and blood grouping had provided breakthroughs in immunology, genetics, and the solution of clinical problems. The significance of immunohematology was recognized by the clinical hematology community as a potent force in the expanding field of disorders of the blood and blood-forming organs. The instructions by Race to his London workers entitled Hints to Blood Groupers provide a picture of the immunohematology laboratory even before automation and differed slightly from the American techniques that derived from Landsteiner. Before agglutination is replaced in the near future by the emergence of molecular methods, the detailed method of a superb laboratory is recorded.

References

Jan 1, 1950·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology·R R RACE
Apr 12, 2005·Transfusion·Willy A Flegel
Apr 26, 2005·Transfusion·David J Anstee

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Sep 21, 2010·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·Lynn G Stansbury, John R Hess
Jul 31, 2007·Transfusion·Willy A Flegel
Nov 19, 2010·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Kyle PetersenLenie Dijkshoorn

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