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Serologic characteristics of H-deficient phenotypes among Chinese in Hong Kong.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Mak K H, Lubenko A, Greenwell P, Voak D, Yan K F, Poole J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The occasional presence of H-deficient red cells among both referred and donor blood samples prompted the mass screening of donated blood in Hong Kong for H-deficient phenotypes; 96 percent of the donors tested are Chinese from the southern province of Kwongtung. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Donor blood was screened for H-deficient red cells with the use of Ulex europaeus. Lewis phenotyping was carried...
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