title: Anti-f in a 24-year-old male: a case study.
abstract: This is a case study of a 24-year-old male, having total knee arthroplasty, who is found to have an anti-f antibody, and denies history of previous blood product injection or blood transfusion. The anti-f antibody is produced due to exposure to the f antigen, and is one of the Rh blood group system's compound antigens expressed when the c and e alleles are in the cis position on the Rh chromosome. Patients with anti-f requiring transfusion could safely be transfused with units of blood lacking both the c and e antigens and units lacking only the c antigen.
authors.affiliation: Medical Technology Program, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA. jatore@apsu.edu
authors.forename: Eleanor K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Jator
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pedde
mesh_terms: D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System