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D-immunized blood donors who are female and who possess at least one HLA-DRB1*15 allele show a propensity for high serum RhIG production.
Transfusion - 1 May 2018
Tan Joanne C G, Yuan Fang Fang, Daley Jackie, Marks Katherine, Flower Robert L, Dyer Wayne B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: D- individuals with previous D-incompatible pregnancies and/or blood transfusions, as well as those who are actively immunized with small-volume D+ red blood cells (RBCs), are stimulated to produce RhIG. Many factors could influence the stimulation of immunoglobulin production in response to foreign antigen (such as antigen immunogenicity and genetic factors), and it is unknown whether genetic markers...
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