Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare Ko red blood cells: preservation of high-frequency antigens.
Reactivity of high-incidence antigens after glycine-EDTA treatment of red blood cells (RCs) to prepare artificial Ko RBCs was investigated. The treatment had little or no effect on Yta, JMH, Yka, Kna, and McCa. Hy antigen-positive-treated RBCs reacted less well with anti-Hy when compared to nontreated cells. Glycine-EDTA treatment to prepare Ko RBCs offers an advantage over AET treatment because it preserves some high-frequency antigens that AET treatment does not. Immunohematology 1994;10:64-65.
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American Red Cross Blood Services, Missouri-Illinois Region, 4050 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.
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