<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

A case report: unusual Gerbich antibody in a patient with sickle cell anemia

Immunohematology

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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...

A case report: unusual Gerbich antibody in a patient with sickle cell anemia

Published Online: Dec 27, 2020

Page range: 55 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-1065

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