Article
The prevalence of immunization to Duffy antigens in a population of known racial distribution.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Sosler S D, Perkins J T, Fong K, Saporito C
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study at our hospital determined the race or ethnicity of patients seen in an 8-year period who had formed antibodies to Duffy antigens. During that time, 9876 serologic investigations had been performed as a result of a positive direct or indirect antiglobulin test. Among these samples, sera from 45 previously transfused or pregnant patients contained anti-Fya and two contained anti-Fy3....
Topics
- Black People
- Blood Group Antigens
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
- Blood Transfusion
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Erythroblastosis, Fetal
- Female
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn