KNMB, a novel Knops blood group antigen located in LHR-C

Elke Weinig^{1

2}, Gabi Rink^{3

4}, Annette Stürtzel⁵, Susanne Seyboth⁵, Daniela Grüger⁶, Clemens Schneeweiß⁶, Christof Weinstock⁷, Erwin A Scharberg⁸, Peter Bugert^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
³ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
⁴ German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Baden-Baden, Germany.
⁶ imusyn GmbH & Co. KG, Hannover, Germany.
⁷ Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Ulm, Germany.
⁸ SYNLAB MVZ GmbH, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.

Elke Weinig et al. Transfusion. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;63(11):E56-E58.

doi: 10.1111/trf.17541. Epub 2023 Sep 13.

Elke Weinig^{1

2}, Gabi Rink^{3

4}, Annette Stürtzel⁵, Susanne Seyboth⁵, Daniela Grüger⁶, Clemens Schneeweiß⁶, Christof Weinstock⁷, Erwin A Scharberg⁸, Peter Bugert^{3

4}

¹ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
³ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
⁴ German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Baden-Baden, Germany.
⁶ imusyn GmbH & Co. KG, Hannover, Germany.
⁷ Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Ulm, Germany.
⁸ SYNLAB MVZ GmbH, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Knops blood group system; blood group genotyping; complement receptor 1.

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