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A serologic relationship among the NFLD, BOW, and Wu red cell antigens
Author(s) -
KAITA H.,
LUBENKO A.,
MOULDS M.,
LEWIS M.
Publication year - 1992
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.1537-2995.1992.32993110757.x
Subject(s) - serology , antigen , antibody , red cell , incidence (geometry) , virology , immunology , red blood cell , medicine , biology , physics , optics
A survey of sera containing antibodies to multiple low‐incidence antigens revealed a variety of patterns of reactions with NFLD+, BOW+, and Wu+ red cell samples. Although NFLD, BOW, and Wu are distinct antigenic determinants (International Society of Blood Transfusion numbers 700.37, 700.46, and 700.13, respectively), their ability to absorb and elute “crossreactive” antibodies indicates a serologic and possibly a genetic relationship among the three.