Evidence for a 'new' Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population of East Africa.

doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.1987.27187121479.x

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Evidence for a 'new' Rh gene complex producing the rare Cx (Rh9) antigen in the Somali population of East Africa.

Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000

Sistonen P, Abdulle O A, Sahid M

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Four unrelated propositi with an unusual Cx-positive Rh phenotype were found during a population survey of 513 Somalis. The Rh phenotypes of the propositi and their available relatives showed that the gene that produces the Cx antigen differs from that found in whites in that it is inherited with...

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Gene Frequency
Humans
Multigene Family
Phenotype
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
Somalia

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