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A case report: unusual Gerbich antibody in a patient with sickle cell anemia
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Published Online: Dec 27, 2020
Page range: 55 - 57
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-1065
© 1989 M. Gorman et al., published by Sciendo.
A patient whose red blood cells (RBCs) typed as Ge:2,3 produced an alloantibody to a high-frequency antigen in the Gerbich system. This antibody was shown to be nonreactive with Ge: −2, −3 RBCs using adsorption-elution studies. A monocyte monolayer assay (MMA) suggested that transfusion of Ge:2,3 RBCs to this patient would have reduced in vivo survival.