Anti-f in a 24-year-old male: a case study

Clin Lab Sci. 2010 Spring;23(2):68-71.

Abstract

This is a case study of a 24-year-old male, having total knee arthroplasty, who is found to have an anti-f antibody, and denies history of previous blood product injection or blood transfusion. The anti-f antibody is produced due to exposure to the f antigen, and is one of the Rh blood group system's compound antigens expressed when the c and e alleles are in the cis position on the Rh chromosome. Patients with anti-f requiring transfusion could safely be transfused with units of blood lacking both the c and e antigens and units lacking only the c antigen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects*
  • Erythrocytes / immunology
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / immunology*
  • Male
  • Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / immunology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Isoantibodies
  • Rh-Hr Blood-Group System