Article
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 METH...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
- China
- Female
- Fucosyltransferases
- Galactosyltransferases
- Hong Kong
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Lewis Blood Group Antigens
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Saliva
- Salivary Proteins and Peptides