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What would happen if you receive a small blood transfusion from a person not your blood type?
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How small?: Less than 50 ml is not likely to cause transfusion related problems, but it can cause: 1. Antibody production to incompatible blood antigens; 2. Transmit any number of infections, like hiv, hep c.
Answered 7/23/2013
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