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Prevalence of Duffy Blood Group Antigens and Phenotypes among Saudi Blood Donors in Southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2021
Halawani Amr J, Saboor Muhammad, Abu-Tawil Hisham I, Mahzari Ayman A, Mansor Abdullah S, Bantun Farkad
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BACKGROUND: Knowing the prevalence of blood group antigens in a given population is important to prevent hemolytic reactions. The Duffy blood group system (FY) has two main antigens, Fya and Fyb. Antibodies binding these antigens can cause immediate/delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions as well as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. In this study, frequencies of Fya and Fyb antigen expression and FY...
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