When antibodies are formed against red blood cell antigens of the Rh system, how are the blood cells destroyed?
a. Complement-mediated cell lysis
b. Phagocytosis by macrophages
c. Phagocytosis in the spleen
d. Neutrophil granules and toxic oxygen products
Ans: c. Phagocytosis in the spleen
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