Open AccessPrevalence of Diego blood group antigen and the antibody in three ethnic population groups in Klang valley of Malaysia
Author(s) -
Cheong Tar Wei,
Faisal Muti Al-Hassan,
Norris Naim,
A. Knight,
Sanmukh R Joshi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.106725
Subject(s) - medicine , malay , antibody , incidence (geometry) , antigen , serology , population , immunology , ethnic group , traditional medicine , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
Diego blood group antigen, Di(a), is very rare among Caucasians and Blacks, but relatively common among the South American Indians and Asians of Mongolian origin. The antibody to Di(a) is clinically significant to cause hemolytic disease in a new-born or hemolytic transfusion reaction.