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An age-dependent ABO discrepancy between mother and baby reveals a novel A(weak) allele.
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2015
Storry Jill R, Condon Jennifer, Hult Annika K, Harrison Andrew, Jørgensen René, Olsson Martin L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Discrepancies in ABO grouping arise due to different reasons, posing a threat to patient safety. Underlying causes include mixed-field agglutination after transfusion, chimerism, fetomaternal exchange, or inheritance of unusual alleles resulting in weak A/B antigen expression. Cord blood from the infant of a group A2 B mother typed as group O, H+. Samples were investigated to elucidate this conundrum....
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