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The distribution of blood group antigens and alloantibodies among Chinese in Taiwan.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Lin-Chu M, Broadberry R E, Chang F J
Abstract excerpt
Most blood group antigens among Chinese people are very homogeneous (e.g., D, 99.4%; K, 0%; Fya, 99.7%). The frequency of clinically significant alloantibodies detected by the authors' crossmatching was only 0.146 percent, suggesting that pretransfusion testing can be greatly simplified in Chinese populations.
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