immunology | Pathology Student

ABO incompatibility in pregnancy

Mar 31, 2016 | General pathology, Hematopathology, immunology, transfusion medicine

Q. I was reviewing for boards and had a question about blood types and pregnancy. (more…)

How to figure out which blood type to transfuse into a patient

Feb 29, 2016 | immunology

Here is a good question from one of our readers: “Why is blood group O+ not a universal donor?”
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What’s necrotic in fibrinoid necrosis?

Dec 13, 2015 | General pathology, immunology

We’ve talked here before about the 6 types of necrosis. One type, fibrinoid necrosis, is sort of an outlier – it’s added at the end of the list of main types of necrosis as if it doesn’t quite belong in the list (Robbins calls it a “special” type of necrosis). (more…)

MHC genes demystified

Feb 10, 2015 | immunology

Q. I have a question on MHC receptors being polymorphic. Does this mean your MHC receptors are all the same, but just different from all of mine, which are the same as each other? Or are all MHC receptors polymorphic?

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