The First Korean Case Report of Anti-Gerbich.
10.3343/alm.2012.32.6.442
- Author:
You La JEON
1
;
Tae Sung PARK
;
Sun Young CHO
;
Seung Hwan OH
;
Myeong Hee KIM
;
So Young KANG
;
Woo In LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Graduate School Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ge;
Blood group antigens;
Transfusion
- From:Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2012;32(6):442-444
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
