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Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011
book Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams cover

Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011
Exercise 26
Because a newborn shows evidence of jaundice, a workup for HDFN is started. The newborn has a weakly positive DAT with anti-IgG. The mother is group O, Rh negative., and the newborn is group A, Rh negative. The blood smear shows evidence of spherocytes. What is the most likely cause? (Objective 6)
A) Rh-HDFN
B) ABO-HDFN
C) combined ABO- and Rh-HDFN
D) cold agglutinins
Explanation
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