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A novel FUT1 allele was identified in a Chinese individual with para-Bombay phenotype.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2011
Xu X, Tao S, Ying Y, Hong X, He Y, Zhu F, Lv H, Yan L
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BACKGROUND: The para-Bombay phenotype is characterised by H-deficient or H partially deficient red blood cells (RBCs) in individuals who secrete ABH antigens in their saliva. Samples from an individual whose RBCs had an apparent para-Bombay phenotype and his family members were investigated and a novel FUT1 allele was identified. MATERIALS AND METHODS: RBCs' phenotype was characterised by standard serologic...
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