Article
ABH secretor status, as judged by the Lewis phenotypes, in Norwegian survivors from meningococcal disease.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1993
Kornstad L, Heistøo A L, Michaelsen T E, Bjune G
Abstract excerpt
Survivors from meningococcal disease (serogroups B and C) and a control series (blood donors) were examined for their ability to secrete ABH blood group substance. The examination was done indirectly by determining their Lewis phenotypes. There was no significant difference in the secretor status...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Blood Donors
- Disease Susceptibility
- Fucosyltransferases
- Humans
- Lewis Blood Group Antigens
- Meningococcal Infections
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Norway
- Phenotype
- Reference Values
- Serotyping
- Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase