ABSTRACT

ABHbloodgroups: BombayandPara-Bombayphenotypes,19-20 decreasedABHantigens,224-226 HandSebloodgrouploci,14-17 molecularcloningoftheHbloodgroup

locus,17-18 reactivityoncellsfromnormalorgans,198 structureandsynthesis,1-9

ABOantibodies: bacterialinfections,214-216

ABObloodgroupsystem: A-likeantigen,203 A1,9 Az,9 A",202,509 Ab,202 N,202 Ad,202 Ag,224 Am,224 acquiredBantigen,229 associationswithbacteria/infection,214-219 associationswithcoagulation,211-213 associationswithmalignancy,200-207 cis-ABphenotype,11 molecularcloningoftheABOlocus,11-14 subgroupsofAandB,9-10

ABOhemolyticdisease,566 Acanthocytosis,181

ln(Lu)gene,258-259 Lu(a-b-)phenotype,258-259 McLeodphenotype,258

Acetaminophen,524 Acetylcholinesterase,97,101

Cartwrightantigens,103 Acidelutiontest,560 Acquiredantigens,229-232 Acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome(AIDS),

216,659 Actin,183,498 Actinorhodine,544 Acuteleukemia,225,227,228 Acuterespiratorydistresssyndrome,158 ADCC,157,453,465,470,482,483,663 Adenocarcinoma,202 Adenosinetriphosphate,258 Adhesionmolecules,154,269

associationofABH/Lewisantigens,204-207 biochemistry/moleculargenetics,270 Indianbloodgroup,260-270 receptors,27,269

Affinityofantibodies,342,344,452 AIDS-216,659 AIDS-relatedcomplex(ARC),284,663 Alkalinephosphatase,97 Alkalinephosphodiesterase1,97 Alleleloss,301

mechanismsof,301 Allelicinactivation,300 Alloimmunehemolyticanemia,494 Alloimmuneplateletrefractoriness,598 Alloimmuneresponse,155 Alloimmunization,564,565,573,604

managementof,573-579

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