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Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn due to Anti‐Di a and Incidence of the Di a Antigen in Poland
Author(s) -
KuśnierzAlejska Grażyna,
Bochenek Stanislawa
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1992.tb01183.x
Subject(s) - haemolytic disease , antiserum , incidence (geometry) , antigen , medicine , immunology , isoantibodies , antibody , complement (music) , pediatrics , chemistry , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics , biochemistry , physics , complementation , gene , optics , phenotype
A strong complement‐fixing incomplete anti‐Di a was found in the serum of a Polish mother who gave birth to a newborn suffering from a severe haemolytic anaemia. The whole family was of Polish origin. 9,661 donor blood samples from different regions of Poland were tested against antiserum derived from that mother. Di a antigen was present on red cells of 45 (0.46%) individuals. All of them were of Polish origin. In some cases, family studies were undertaken.