Blood, 1959, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 364-368.
© 1959 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
A Serum with an Albumin-Active,
Autoagglutinating Property
B. P. L. MOORE 1,
I. LININS 1, and
J. MCINTYRE 1
1 National Laboratory, Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Toronto,
Canada.
A case is reported which possesses an unusually serologic property. The
serum agglutinates all cells, including the patients own, but only when these
are suspended in either human or bovine albumin. It appears to be an acquired
and impermanent characteristic, but its etiology is unknown.
Submitted on May 19, 1958
Accepted on September 24, 1958