VIDEO: Antibodies of Undetermined Specificity
A recent study has demonstrated that antibodies of undetermined specificity, or AUS, are the most common positive result encountered during gel-based pre-transfusion testing among the general patient population. In an accompanying editorial in the journal Transfusion, Drs. Christopher Tormey and Jeanne Hendrickson discussed the study. Here is Dr. Tormey: “A study in an upcoming issue of Transfusion by Liu & Grossman is the first to quantitatively assess the ...
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