American National Red Cross
Subject: Medical Laboratory Technology
ISSN: 0894-203X
eISSN: 1930-3955
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Marion E. Reid / Joyce Poole / Yew W. Liew / Linda Pinder
Citation Information : Immunohematology. Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 29-32, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-979
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Published Online: 06-December-2020
Two individuals with the rare Ge:-2.-3,4 phenotype (Gerbich type of Gerbich negative) were identified in a family of Polynesian descent who reside in the Cook Islands. In initial serologic tests, all other family members typed as Ge-positive. and heterozygous individuals could not be identified. Further studies on blood samples from seven members of this Polynesian family by immunoblotting and hemagglutination tests on trypsin-treated red blood cells showed that normal glycophorin C and the product of the Gerbich allele were inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.