Article
Anti-Tcb, an antibody that defines a red cell antigen antithetical to Tca.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Lacey P A, Block U T, Laird-Fryer B J, Moulds J J, Bryant L R, Giandelone J A, Linnemeyer D R
Abstract excerpt
A patient's serum, used as a source of anti-Goa typing serum, was found to contain a second antibody that detected a 'new' red cell antigen present in approximately 5 percent of blacks, but not yet found in Caucasians. Among blacks, the 'new' antigen shows an antithetical relationship to the high frequency antigen Tca, as evidenced by tests on eight unrelated Tc(a-) black women and the families of two of these...
Topics
- Adult
- Black People
- Blood Group Antigens
- Erythrocytes
- Family
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- White People
