Heterogeneity of the phenotype Jk(a-b-) found in Japanese.

doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.1986.26386209377.x

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Heterogeneity of the phenotype Jk(a-b-) found in Japanese.

Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000

Okubo Y, Yamaguchi H, Nagao N, Tomita T, Seno T, Tanaka M

Abstract excerpt

Fourteen Jk(a-b-) persons were detected by testing 638,460 Osaka blood donors with an automated 2 M urea technique. Two of these 14 Jk(a-b-) samples were quite different from the hitherto reported Jk(a-b-) phenotype, and a family study showed that the mode of the inheritance was dominant. The red...

Topics

Blood Group Antigens
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
Erythrocyte Membrane
Hemolysis
Humans
Japan
Kidd Blood-Group System
Membrane Proteins
Pedigree
Phenotype
Urea

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