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An individual with McLeod syndrome and the Kell blood group antigen K(K1).
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Marsh W L, Schnipper E F, Johnson C L, Mueller K A, Schwartz S A
Abstract excerpt
McLeod syndrome is an X-linked condition in which individuals of McLeod blood group phenotype have weak Kell antigens, acanthocytic red cells, and a muscular disorder. We now report a family in which two brothers have McLeod syndrome. One is K:-1, while the other is the first known K:1 person with McLeod syndrome. The K1 gene in the latter is expressed weakly and was inherited from the father, in whom it is...
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