An antiglobulin test is a laboratory test to identify antibodies that can bind to the surface of red blood cells or platelets and destroy them. Antibodies (also known as immunoglobulins, abbreviated Ig) are Gamma globulin Proteins that are found in Blood or other Bodily Red blood cells are the most common type of Blood cell and the Vertebrate body's principal means of delivering Oxygen to the body tissues via the Blood Platelets, or Thrombocytes, are small cytoplasmic bodies derived from cells They circulate in the Blood of Mammals and are involved This test is used to diagnose certain blood disorders in which patients make antibodies to their own red blood cells or platelets. Hematology ( American English) or haematology ( British English) is the branch of biology (physiology Pathology, Clinical laboratory A blood cell (also called blood corpuscle) is any cell of any type normally found in Blood. It is also used to determine blood type. A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of Blood based on the presence or absence of inherited Antigenic substances on the Also called Coomb's test. Coombs test (also known as Coombs' test, antiglobulin test or AGT) refers to two Clinical Blood tests used in Immunohematology
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- Antiglobulin test entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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