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Three Additional Examples of Anti‐Xg a and Xg Blood Groups Among the Japanese
Author(s) -
Nakajima H.,
Murata S.,
Seno T.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1979.19479250188.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mathematics
Three examples of anti‐Xg a identified in Japanese donors are reported. Two of these were stimulated by pregnancy, while the antibody stimulation of the other one remains unknown. All of these antibodies had the ability to bind complement. A dosage effect was observed in an anti‐Xg a serum. The Xg a gene frequency for 529 unrelated Japanese was 0.681, similar to that for Caucasians. Tests on 125 Japanese families with 242 offspring for Xg a antigen are also reported.