Blood group chimerism in human multiple births is not rare
✍ Scribed by van Dijk, Bob A.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; de Man, Achile J. M.
- Book ID
- 101212397
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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✦ Synopsis
Twin blood group chimerism seems to be very rare in humans. The 30-40 previously reported cases usually were found by mere coincidence during routine blood grouping in hospitals or blood banks. Usually in these cases frank blood group mixtures of, for example, 50150%, 25175%, or 5195% at most were seen. Smaller percentages are very difficult to notice during routine work-up. Using a sensitive fluorescence technique (sensitivity >0.01%) we detected blood group chimerism in 321415 (8%) twin pairs and 12157 (21%) triplet pairs, respectively, which is a higher incidence than reported previously.