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Blood Grouping and Crossmatching

Medical Definition:	Testing erythrocytes to determine presence or absence of blood-group antigens, testing of serum to determine the presence or absence of antibodies to these antigens, and selecting biocompatible blood by crossmatching samples from the donor against samples from the recipient. Crossmatching is performed prior to transfusion.
Guide Notes:	DF: BLOOD GROUPING or short X ref
Also Called:	Blood Typing,Crossmatching, Blood
Previously Indexed:	Blood Group Incompatibility (1966-1979),Blood Groups (1966-1979),Blood Transfusion (1966-1979),Paternity (1966-1979),specific blood-group system (1966-1979)

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