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The distribution of the MiIII (GP.Mur) phenotype among the population of Taiwan
Author(s) -
Broadberry R. E.,
Lin M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1365-3148
pISSN - 0958-7578
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1996.d01-64.x
Subject(s) - phenotype , incidence (geometry) , population , antibody , indigenous , ethnic group , medicine , biology , immunology , demography , genetics , gene , environmental health , ecology , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
The MiIII (Gp.Mur) phenotype is rare among Caucasians but has a much higher incidence among some Oriental populations. In Taiwan the population is relatively heterogenous and, as expected, the incidence of the MiIII phenotype was found to vary markedly among the different ethnic groups. The highest frequencies of the MiIII phenotype were found among some of the indigenous groups, namely the Ami, Yami and Puyuma groups, being 88.4%, 34.3% and 21.2%, respectively, which are also the highest frequencies among any population group reported so far. Antibody screening cells and antibody identification panels containing the MiIII phenotype can obviously be obtained very easily from Ami blood donors and compatible blood for patients with anti‐‘Mi a ’ can most easily be obtained from Chinese blood donors, except those living on the east coast.