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Molecular basis for para-Bombay phenotypes in Chinese persons, including a novel nonfunctional FUT1 allele.
Transfusion - 1 May 2005
Yan Lixing, Zhu Faming, Xu Xianguo, Hong Xiaozhen, Lv Qinfeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The para-Bombay phenotype is characterized by H-deficient or H-partially deficient red blood cells (RBCs) in persons who secrete ABH antigens in their saliva. The studies that determined the genotypes for two Chinese individuals with the para-Bombay phenotype are described. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RBC phenotypes were characterized by conventional serologic methods. Exons 6 and 7 of the ABO gene were...
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