STEM, a new low-frequency Rh antigen associated with the e-variant phenotypes hrS-(Rh: -18, -19) and hrB-(Rh: -31, -34).

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3148.1993.tb00102.x

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STEM, a new low-frequency Rh antigen associated with the e-variant phenotypes hrS-(Rh: -18, -19) and hrB-(Rh: -31, -34).

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Mar 1993

Marais I, Moores P, Smart E, Martell R

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The new low-frequency antigen STEM was identified when a Cape coloured woman with an unknown antibody in her plasma (which agglutinated the red cells of her husband and a minority of other individuals) gave birth to a baby suffering mildly from haemolytic disease of the new-born. Most, but not al...

Topics

Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Isoantigens
Pedigree
Phenotype
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
Serologic Tests

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