title: [Xg gene frequencies in Tunisia].
abstract: We report a new case of anti-Xg(a) antibody found in a man who, after receiving six units of standard red blood cells, developed a minor nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (chills-hyperthermia). The patient sera was used for an immunophenotyping scale in 777 healthy Tunisian blood donors (678 men; 99 women). The phenotype frequencies of Xg(a+) and Xg(a-) were 67.4% and 32.6% in men and 89 and 11% in women, respectively. The gene frequencies of Xg(a) and Xg were 0.67 and 0.33, respectively. These frequencies are similar to that reported in predominantly white populations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'hématologie et banque du sang, 03/UR/08-18, CHU de Sahloul, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gandouz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kraiem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bierling
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skouri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008297:Male; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014416:Tunisia; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C088785:XG protein, human