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Coombs, Mourant and Race: the antiglobulin test

Contribution grade

Diagnostics and laboratory medicine · EMPIRICAL

Reference score145,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Demonstrated antiglobulin-mediated agglutination of sensitized red cells in the 1945 laboratory paper.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact three-author 1945 British Journal of Experimental Pathology paper. It does not absorb the authors' short Lancet communication, later direct-versus-indirect protocols, clinical deployment or every immunohematology application.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact three-author 1945 British Journal of Experimental Pathology paper. It does not absorb the authors' short Lancet communication, later direct-versus-indirect protocols, clinical deployment or every immunohematology application.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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