title: The first Korean case report of anti-Gerbich.
abstract: In this study, we report the first Korean case of an anti-Gerbich (Ge) alloantibody to a high-incidence antigen that belongs to the Ge blood group system. The alloantibody was detected in a middle-aged Korean woman who did not have a history of transfusion. Her blood type was B+, and findings from the antibody screening test revealed 1+ reactivity in all panels except the autocontrol. The cross-matching test showed incompatible results with all 5 packed red blood cells. Additional blood type antigen and antibody tests confirmed the anti-Ge alloantibody. While rare, cases of hemolytic transfusion reaction or hemolytic disease in newborns due to anti-Ge have been recently reported in the literature. Therefore, additional further studies on alloantibodies to high-incidence antigens, including anti-Ge, are necessary in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Graduate School Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: You La
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Tae Sung
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Seung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Myeong Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Woo-In
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D044466:Asian People; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D005260:Female; D006021:Glycophorins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D056910:Republic of Korea; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006021:Glycophorins; D007518:Isoantibodies
keywords: Blood group antigens; Ge; Transfusion