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VARIANT OF THE B CHARACTER IN GROUP A 1 B WITH ANTI‐BH IN SERUM
Author(s) -
Gundolf F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.0365-5563.1973.tb00014.x
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , gene , agglutination (biology) , group a , antibody , group b , genetics , biology , blood group antigens , group (periodic table) , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , chemistry , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry
Blood grouping of a 65‐year‐old woman showed a normal A 1 antigen and in addition a weak B character, producing mixed field agglutination in anti‐B sera. In her serum B and A substances were demonstrated and an anti‐BH antibody was found. In the small family investigated, proposita was the only one who carried the abnormal blood group. It is discussed whether the blood group variant is due to inheritance of a defective B gene or to the effect of a recessive suppressor gene.