Open AccessA novel observation on grouping anomaly: The phenomena mimicking the Bel genetic variant of the ABO blood groups
Author(s) -
Sanmukh R Joshi,
Ashish N Kanani,
Snehal B Senjaliya,
Manisha M Rajapara
Publication year - 2021
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/ajts.ajts_64_19
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , hemagglutination , group b , titer , medicine , antibody , antigen , hemagglutination assay , group a , saliva , immunology
Discrepancy in "forward/reverse" grouping leads to confusion in assigning ABO group to a person. It could be genetic in nature and classified according to the presence/absent of antigen on red blood cell (RBC) vis-a-vis corresponding alloantibody in plasma.