Incidental Discovery of a Patient with the Bombay Phenotype.

doi:10.1093/labmed/lmac075

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Incidental Discovery of a Patient with the Bombay Phenotype.

Laboratory medicine - 5 Jan 2023

Jacobs Jeremy W, Horstman Erin, Gisriel Savanah D, Tormey Christopher A, Sostin Nataliya

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Bombay phenotype, an exceptionally rare blood type in individuals outside of Southeast Asia, occurs in approximately 1 in 1,000,000 individuals in Europe. This blood phenotype is characterized by the absence of the H antigen on red blood cells (RBCs) and in secretions. As the H antigen is the structure on which the ABO system is built, individuals lacking this antigen are unable to produce A or B antigens and...

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Humans
Phenotype
ABO Blood-Group System
Erythrocytes
Transfusion Reaction
Isoantibodies

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PMID: 35776424
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmac075

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