A blood donor of the phenotype Rh(null) was found at his 6th donation to
have an antibody which had not been there before: he had never been transfused. The
antibody reacts by the saline, albumin and enzyme methods but not by the antiglobulin
(IgG). It reacted with all cells tested except the donor's own and those of two available
Rh(null) people and, surprisingly, those of three available -D-/-D- people: it is apparently
directed at the CcEe part of the Rh antigen complex.
Like other Rhmiii propositi the donor has a compensated anaemia and his s and U
antigens give some abnormal reactions. His parents are second cousins. Serological and
pedigree evidence did not disclose his type of Rh(null), ‘regulator' or amorph.
Abstract. A blood donor of the phenotype Rhnull was found at his 6th donation to have an antibody which had not been there before: he had never been transfused. The antibody reacts by the saline, albumin and enzyme methods but not by the antiglobulin (IgG). It reacted with all cells tested except the donor's own and those of two available Rhnull people and, surprisingly, those of three available ‐D‐/‐D‐ people: it is apparently directed at the CcEe part of the Rh antigen complex.
Like other Rhnull propositi the donor has a compensated anaemia and his s and U antigens give some abnormal reactions. His parents are second cousins. Serological and pedigree evidence did not disclose his type of Rhnull, ‘regulator’ or amorph.
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