The incidence and significance of anti-"Mia" in Taiwan.
BACKGROUND
The incidence of the Mill phenotype among Chinese blood donors in Taiwan is 7.3 percent. Anti-"Mia" is the most frequently occurring alloantibody of potential clinical significance encountered among Chinese patients in Taiwan, with a frequency of 0.28 percent.


METHODS
A case of hemolytic disease of the newborn and a transfusion reaction due to anti-"Mia" are described.


CONCLUSIONS
It may be important to include the Mill phenotype in the antibody screening of sera from Chinese patients.
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Transfusion Medicine Laboratory, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D013696:Temperature
D007518:Isoantibodies; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System