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The rare Lu:-6 phenotype in Israel and the clinical significance of anti-Lu6.
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2002
Yahalom Vered, Ellis Martin H, Poole Joyce, Rahimi-Levene Naomi, Shinar Eilat, DaCosta Yehudit, Manny Noga, Levene Cyril
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lu6 is a high-incidence antigen of the Lutheran blood group. Examples of anti-Lu6 are rare and are of uncertain clinical significance. CASE REPORT: Three patients were encountered in whom anti-Lu6 was detected on pretransfusion screening. The patients were all Iranian Jews and were not known to be related. In vitro studies to ascertain the potential clinical significance of the antibody using the...
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