Article
Genetics of anti-A and anti-B levels.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Grundbacher F J
Abstract excerpt
Hemolysins and agglutinins anti-A and anti-B were measured in 401 blood group O individuals belonging to 74 families. Levels of hemolysins and saline agglutinins reached a peak during childhood and decreased thereafter. Incomplete agglutinins showed a relative increase after childhood. Hemolysins and agglutinins were higher in blacks than in whites. Whites had higher anti-A than anti-B levels and the levels were...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Agglutinins
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins
- Isoantibodies