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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

Blood matching test to be offered to patients with rare conditions

Woody Mayers was born with an extremely rare condition called congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia (NHSBT/Family handout) - (NHSBT/Family handout)

The health service has launched a personalised “blood matching” test for people with rare conditions who require regular blood transfusions.

The move will allow donor blood to be matched to these patients more closely, to reduce the risk of severe reactions.

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