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    The Coombs test, also known as the antiglobulin test, refers to two clinical blood tests used to detect antibodies or complement proteins bound to red blood cells. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies and complement already bound to red blood cells and is used to diagnose autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The indirect Coombs test detects unbound antibodies in serum that could cause hemolysis when binding to donor red blood cells, and is used in blood transfusions and prenatal testing.

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    The Coombs test, also known as the antiglobulin test, refers to two clinical blood tests used to detect antibodies or complement proteins bound to red blood cells. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies and complement already bound to red blood cells and is used to diagnose autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The indirect Coombs test detects unbound antibodies in serum that could cause hemolysis when binding to donor red blood cells, and is used in blood transfusions and prenatal testing.

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    The Coombs test, also known as the antiglobulin test, refers to two clinical blood tests used to detect antibodies or complement proteins bound to red blood cells. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies and complement already bound to red blood cells and is used to diagnose autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The indirect Coombs test detects unbound antibodies in serum that could cause hemolysis when binding to donor red blood cells, and is used in blood transfusions and prenatal testing.

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    Coombs Test

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    Sherly Cokrosaputro
    The Coombs test, also known as the antiglobulin test, refers to two clinical blood tests used to detect antibodies or complement proteins bound to red blood cells. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies and complement already bound to red blood cells and is used to diagnose autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The indirect Coombs test detects unbound antibodies in serum that could cause hemolysis when binding to donor red blood cells, and is used in blood transfusions and prenatal testing.

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    Coombs test

    Coombs test (also known as Coombs' test, antiglobulin test or AGT) refers to two clinical blood tests used in immunohematology and immunology. The two Coombs tests are the direct Coombs test (DCT, also known as direct antiglobulin test or DAT), and the indirect Coombs test (also known as indirect antiglobulin test or IAT). The more commonly used test, the Direct Coombs test, is used to test for autoimmune hemolytic anemia. In certain diseases or conditions an individual's blood may contain IgG antibodies that can specifically bind to antigens on the red blood cell (RBC) surface membrane, and their circulating red blood cells (RBCs) can become coated with IgG alloantibodies and/or IgG autoantibodies. Complement proteins may subsequently bind to the bound antibodies. The direct Coombs test is used to detect these antibodies or complement proteins that are bound to the surface of red blood cells; a blood sample is taken and the RBCs are washed (removing the patient's own plasma) and then incubated with antihuman globulin (also known as "Coombs reagent"). If this produces agglutination of RBCs, the direct Coombs test is positive, a visual indication that antibodies (and/or complement proteins) are bound to the surface of red blood cells. The indirect Coombs test is used in prenatal testing of pregnant women, and in testing blood prior to a blood transfusion. It detects antibodies against RBCs that are present unbound in the patient's serum. In this case, serum is extracted from the blood, and the serum is incubated with RBCs of known antigenicity. If agglutination occurs, the indirect Coombs test is positive.[1]

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