[Xg gene frequencies in Tunisia]

Transfus Clin Biol. 2008 Sep;15(4):174-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2008.07.002. Epub 2008 Sep 12.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a new case of anti-Xg(a) antibody found in a man who, after receiving six units of standard red blood cells, developed a minor nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (chills-hyperthermia). The patient sera was used for an immunophenotyping scale in 777 healthy Tunisian blood donors (678 men; 99 women). The phenotype frequencies of Xg(a+) and Xg(a-) were 67.4% and 32.6% in men and 89 and 11% in women, respectively. The gene frequencies of Xg(a) and Xg were 0.67 and 0.33, respectively. These frequencies are similar to that reported in predominantly white populations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Group Antigens / genetics*
  • Blood Group Antigens / immunology*
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / genetics*
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / immunology*
  • Female
  • France
  • Gene Frequency*
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Male
  • Transfusion Reaction
  • Tunisia
  • White People / genetics

Substances

  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • XG protein, human