title: Incidence of Rh anti-E and anti-c production among Japanese after blood transfusion.
abstract: The incidence of Rh anti-E antibody production due to blood transfusion in the patients who were Rh E negative and were transfused with more than one unit (200 ml) of E positive red blood cells was examined. The anti-E was detected in 17 (4.7%) out of 360 patients. The incidence of anti-E was significantly higher in the patients who had previously received transfusion than in those who had not. By a similar method, the anti-c was detected in 4 (1.4%) out of 284 patients. The incidence of anti-E and anti-c production among the Japanese receiving blood transfusion at random is estimated to be 1.17% and 0.35%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Blood Transfusion Service, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007518:Isoantibodies; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; C051138:anti-c antibody