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The first example of autoanti‐Kx
Author(s) -
Sullivan Carolyn M.,
Kline William E.,
Rabin Barbara I.,
Johnson Carol L.,
Marsh W. Laurence
Publication year - 1987
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.1537-2995.1987.27487264739.x
Subject(s) - medicine
An IgG autoantibody with Kx specificity was found in the blood of a 61‐ year‐old white man. The antibody did not cause hemolysis of his own or transfused Kx‐positive red cells. The patient is of common Kell blood type and does not exhibit any clinical or hematologic features of McLeod syndrome.