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A Person with Type AB Blood Receives a Transfusion of Type

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A person with type AB blood receives a transfusion of type O blood. Will there be a transfusion reaction? Why or why not?


A) no: the recipient has no antibodies to antigens A and B, and therefore can receive blood from a type O donor
B) yes: the recipient must receive blood of the same type as his or her own
C) no: the anti- A and anti- B antibodies of the recipient do not affect the donated blood, because type O blood has no A or B antigens
D) yes: the anti- A and anti- B antibodies of the recipient clump and hemolyze the donated blood

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