Temporary suppression of Kidd system antigen expression accompanied by transient production of anti-Jk3.

doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.1990.30190117630.x

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Temporary suppression of Kidd system antigen expression accompanied by transient production of anti-Jk3.

Transfusion - 1 Jan 1990

Issitt P D, Obarski G, Hartnett P L, Wren M R, Prewitt P L

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This report describes an 85-year-old woman of Russian Jewish extraction whose red cell Kidd system phenotype changed during the 2 years in which her blood was studied. Certainly once, and perhaps twice, the patient's phenotype changed from Jk(a+b-) to Jk(a-b-). On both occasions, it reverted to J...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antibodies
Blood Group Antigens
Blood Group Incompatibility
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
Blood Transfusion
Erythrocyte Aging
Female
Gene Expression
Humans
Kidd Blood-Group System
Phenotype
Suppression, Genetic

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