When mismatched blood is administered causing an ABO incompatibility, how are the erythrocytes destroyed?

a. Complement-mediated cell lysis
b. Phagocytosis by macrophages
c. Phagocytosis in the spleen
d. Natural killer cells


Ans: a. Complement-mediated cell lysis

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