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Expansion of the Knops blood group system and subdivision of Sl(a).
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2002
Moulds J M, Zimmerman P A, Doumbo O K, Diallo D A, Atkinson J P, Krych-Goldberg M, Hourcade D E, Moulds J J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Complement receptor type 1 (CR1), which bears the Knops (Kn [KN]) blood group antigens, is involved in the rosetting of Plasmodium falciparum- infected RBCs with uninfected cells. As a first step in understanding this interaction, the molecular basis for the blood group antigens encoded by CR1 was investigated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: An antibody from a white donor who exhibited an apparent...
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