Article
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 Chines...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Blood Group Antigens
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
- Blood Transfusion
- China
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Isoantigens
- Phenotype
- Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
- Taiwan