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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

blood group • n. any of the various types of human blood whose antigen characteristics determine compatibility in transfusion. The best known blood groups are those of the ABO system.


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Universal solution for blood group conversion.(Enzymatic reactions)(Brief article)
; ...converting blood groups A, B and AB into blood group O. The development could relieve shortages of the universal blood group O and make blood transfusions safer...given to someone with a different blood group, the antigens cause a severe and... Read more
Irked by error in blood group card
; ...However, when the lab issued him a blood group card together with the result...he discovered a mistake. "My blood group is B-positive, as stated in the...which was issued to me stated my blood group as O- positive." On discovering... Read more
Applications of molecular genotyping to immunohaematology
; Abstract: The genes encoding 20 of the 23 blood group systems have been cloned and sequenced...determination of the molecular basis of many blood group antigens and phenotypes. In this review...rise to polymorphic antigens and to blood group phenotypes, and describe how polymerase... Read more
Further note on possible changes in the geographic distribution of ABO and RH blood groups in Great Britain
; ...in 1958 tended to flatten some of the blood group distribution clines. That is, geographic...Lasker 1995). A reexamination of the blood group distributions county by county for the...because the description of the changes in blood group distributions probably being produced... Read more
Variability of blood group in fishes, THE INDEPENDENT
; ...like the human hereditary system in the blood group "ABO''. In this system the blood group comprises two or more co-dominant allele...this criteria comprise a coinciding of the blood group frequencies in the investigated fish population... Read more
Is your blood group O- and can you help?(News)
; ...donor organisers. Stocks of the vital blood group - O-negative - have plummeted as potential...Mrs Evans said because O-negative blood group is rare, any shortfall caused serious...special is that O-negative is the only blood group that can be given to anyone without... Read more
Vic: Incompatible blood group kidney transplant
; ...Australia) 07-13-2006 Vic: Incompatible blood group kidney transplant By Shelley Markham...performing Australia's first incompatible blood group kidney transplant. After his mother...Gelenonovic was found to have an incompatible blood group, which in normal circumstances would... Read more
Blood so rare
; ...raising fears that he could belong to the Bombay blood group, a type of rare blood group which is predominantly found among those of...only a handful of Malaysians belonging to this blood group. "We were lucky to find a matching donor. If... Read more
Quest for universal red cell units
; ...landmark discovery of ABO blood group system by Karl Landsteiner...is the most important blood group system in transfusion...glycosyltransferases2. The ABO system occurs as a result of...The transfusion of ABO incompatible units is...into recipients of any ABO ... Read more
DR GARETH: Does my son have dif ferent father?(Features)
; ...and had a son. He recently told me that he is blood group B. I am blood group O. Is it possible that I am not his father? ATHERE...and the other from its father so two parents of blood group A will produce a child with blood group A. But... Read more

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blood group
blood group Any of the types into which blood is classified according...A, B, AB, and O. Each group in the ABO system may also...typing is essential before blood transfusion , since using blood of the wrong group may produce a dangerous... Read more
blood groups
...on the surface of the red blood cells. Blood of one group contains antibodies in the...agglutination ), so knowledge of blood groups is important for blood transfusions. In humans, the two most important blood group systems are the ABO system... Read more
blood group
blood group n. Any of the blood types identified by the many classification...antigens , A and B, on the surface of red blood cells. Type A shows the A antigen and an...antigen and both agglutinins. Also called blood type. See also race (2) . Read more
Rh blood-group system
...has had a previous Rh-positive transfusion or pregnancy ( erythroblastosis fetalis ). The Rh-negative trait is rare worldwide but more common in some ethnic groups. blood typing . Rh blood-group system Rh blood-group system Rh blood-group system Read more
ABO blood-group system
...through life. The frequencies of blood groups vary among different racial groups and in different geographic areas. Certain diseases are rarer in persons with particular blood groups. ABO blood-group system ABO blood-group system ABO blood-group system Read more

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