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Prevalence of D(u) phenotype amongst rhesus negative females in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
African journal of reproductive health - 1 Apr 2003
Nwauche C A, Ejele O A, Okpani A O U
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of D(u) phenotype was investigated among rhesus negative women of childbearing age (15-45 years) in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, over a period of 17 months. A total of 1,108 women were randomly sampled, out of which 1,003 (90.5%) were rhesus positive and 105 (9.5%) rhesus negative. Only one (0.95%) of the Rh-negative women was D(u) positive while 104 (99.05%) were D(u) negative (true thesus negatives)....
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