title: Studies on the ABH-Iso-Agglutinins in serum, saliva and milk from mothers with "Bombay" (Oh) phenotype.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  ABO blood group iso-antibodies are naturally occurring antibodies found in serum and other body fluids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum, saliva and milk samples from 5 mothers identified as "Bombay" phenotype were tested for ABH-iso-antibodies by routine serological techniques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the five mothers showed presence of iso-antibodies in the samples tested. Higher titer values in milk than their serum were observed on subjects whose samples were collected in immediate post-partum phase as compared to those whose samples were collected after a lapse of a few months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High titer iso-agglutinins against ABH antigens were detected in milk samples besides their presence in saliva as well as serum.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vasantha
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jadhav