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Absence of Autoanti‐Jk3 as a Component of Anti‐dl
Author(s) -
Issitt P. D.,
Pavone B. G.,
Frohlich J. A.,
Mallory D. McGuire
Publication year - 1980
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.1537-2995.1980.20681057167.x
Subject(s) - autoantibody , antibody , red blood cell , in vivo , medicine , immunology , blood component , endocrinology , chemistry , biology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology
Thirty‐five examples of anti‐dl, autoantibodies initially reacting with all red blood cells against which they were tested, were examined prior to, and following adsorption with Jk(a ‐ b ‐ ) red blood cells. None of them was found to contain autoanti‐Jk3. One example of auto‐anti‐Jk a was identified in an adsorbed eluate. The antibody had been produced by a pregnant Caucasian, in whom laboratory and clinical evaluation showed that the auto‐antibody was benign in vivo .