title: Anti-Gerbich antibodies and Gerbich-negative Dantu-positive red blood cells in a woman from South Africa.
abstract: Anti-Gerbich type anti-Ge3 antibodies were identified in the serum of a woman of mixed ethnic origin from Cape Town. The woman had type Ge:-2,-3 (Gerbich) red cells on which there was no evidence of weakened Kell antigens. Her red cells were also Dantu-positive.
authors.affiliation: Natal Institute of Immunology, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moores
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Beer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levene
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: du Toit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000906:Antibodies / Q000235:genetics*; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D011247:Pregnancy; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System