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SEVERAL authors1 have suggested that changes in the immunological reactivity of a cell may be correlated with changes in its surface structure. We present evidence here that human red cells giving a positive antiglobulin reaction show changes in their surfaces demonstrable with the electron microscope.
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DAVIS, J., GREEN, H. & TYMMS, P. A Relation between the Reactivity of Human Red Cells to Antiglobulin Tests and their Surface Structure. Nature 191, 923–924 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191923a0
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