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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
Abstract excerpt
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 all, examples of anti-STEM distinguish different strengths of STEM antigen on the red cells of different people; the...
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