Article
Serological and molecular characterization of novel ABO variants including an interesting B(A) subgroup.
Transfusion - 1 Dec 2024
He Yunlei, Yu Lu, Zhang Jiwei, He Yiwen, Niu Di, Deng Gang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: ABO grouping is the most important pretransfusion testing that is directly related to the safety of blood transfusion. A weak ABO subgroup is one of the important causes of an ABO grouping discrepancy. Here, we investigated the characterization of four novel ABO variants including a novel B(A) subgroup. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RBCs were phenotyped by standard serology methods. The full coding...
Topics
- Humans
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Alleles
- Female
- Male
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
