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Surface proteins causing rejection

A complication of blood transfusion where there is an immune response against the transfused blood cells.

Update Date: 3/13/2007

Updated by: Mark Levin, M.D., Hematologist and Oncologist, Newark, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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