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Evidence that Hy- RBCs express weak Joa antigen.
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2004
Scofield Terry L, Miller John P, Storry Jill R, Rios Maria, Reid Marion E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: RBCs of the Hy- phenotype have, in the past, been typed as Gy(a+w), Hy-, Jo(a-), and RBCs with the Jo(a-) phenotype type Gy(a+), Hy+w, and Jo(a-). Anti-Hy and anti-Joa are difficult to identify mainly because appropriate reagent RBCs are poorly characterized. Historically, anti-Joa has not reacted with RBCs with either phenotype. This report describes a case of an anti-Joa that shows Hy- RBCs express...
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