Category: Blood disease

• Unraveling the mystery: Anti-Jk3 and its peculiarities

  

  The Kidd (Jk) blood group system was named in 1951 for the infant (John Kidd) who was born with hemolytic disease of the newborn. The Kidd system consists of two antithetical antigens with varying expression (Jka and Jkb), and the high-incidence antigen (Jk3) that is found on all individuals’ red cells except for those with…

  PLUS Online

  February 6, 2023

  Blood disease, Safety, Testing

  Asian, Finnish, Hemolytic disease of the newborn, JK, Kidd, Polynesian, Red cell