This condition is called anemia, and it has many causes. If your doctor confirms that you have a low red blood cell count, the Coombs test is one of the blood tests your doctor may order to help ...

The Coombs antiglobulin test has surely proved of immense importance in detecting antibody globulin on the surface of the red cell, as in isoimmune and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, as well as in ...

She was studied nine days later because of anemia and had a strongly positive direct Coombs test. Isoimmunization to donor cells transfused during surgery was ruled out by an appropriate elution ...

The article by J. Manuel Zarandona and Mark Yazer on the clinical utility of the Coombs test1 prompts consideration of the pitfalls of a negative test result. Specifically, further evaluation will be ...

The Coombs test checks your blood for antibodies that attack red blood cells. You might also hear it called an antiglobulin test or red blood cell antibody screening. Not everyone's red blood ...