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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. The anti-Jk3 reacted as an inseparable antibody, confirmed that inheritance of the Jk(a-b-) phenotype was best explained...
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