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Other Blood Groups

For starters, here's a simplified chart of the major blood systems.

System Name	System Symbol	ISBT	Antigens	Epitope/Carrier	Antibody
ABO	ABO	001	A,B,H	Carbohydrate	Mainly IgM, Group O mother may produce IgG
Rh (Rhesus)	RH	004	D,C,c,E,e ("d" is the absence of D)	Protein	IgG
MNS	MNS	002	M,N,S,s,U	Glycophorins A and B	Anti-M and -N: IgM Anti-S,-s, and -U: IgG
P	P	003	P1, P, and Pk	Glycolipid	Mainly IgM, may be IgG
Lutheran	LU	005	Lua and Lub	Protein	IgG
Kell (Kell-Cellano)	KEL	006	K, k, Kpa, Kpb, Jsa, Jsb	Glycoprotein	IgG
Lewis	LE	007	Lea, Leb	Carbohydrate (fucose residue)	IgM
Duffy	FY	008	Fya, Fyb	Protein	IgG
Kidd	JK	009	Jka, Jkb	Protein (urea transporter)	Usually IgG

Antibodies

--- Rh Group ---

There are over 50 antigens in this group, but the 5 main ones are D, C, c, E, and e

Frequency of Common Rh Antigens	D: 85% Caucasians, 92% Blacks C: 70% Caucasians, 34% Blacks E: 30% Caucasians, 21% Blacks c: 80% Caucasians, 97% Blacks e: 98% Caucasians, 99% Blacks
Class	Mostly IgG
Reactivity	Does not bind complement
Transfusion Reaction	Can cause severe HTR and HDFN

Antibody ID

Antibody ID Panel

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