A case is reported in which a transfusion of whole blood of group Le (a+b-) produced a severe hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient of group Le (a-b-). The anti-Lea in the patient's serum had apparently been stimulated by previous transfusions. No other antibody was demonstrable by us in this case.

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hemolytic transfusion reaction, antibodies, blood transfusion, transfusion, whole blood
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© 1955 by American Society of Hematology, Inc.
1955
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