Article
The Jk(a-b-) phenotype in New Zealand Polynesians.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Woodfield D G, Douglas R, Smith J, Simpson A, Pinder L, Staveley J M
Abstract excerpt
The Kidd locus phenotype Jk(a-b-) was detected in 0.9 percent of Polynesians living in New Zealand. Over a period of 13 years, nine examples of anti-Jk3 were detected, one of which caused a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction. Other examples resulted in mild hemolytic disease of the newborn. T...
Topics
- Alleles
- Blood Group Antigens
- Blood Group Incompatibility
- Child
- Erythroblastosis, Fetal
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Kidd Blood-Group System
- New Zealand
- Phenotype
- Polynesia
- Pregnancy
- White People