Chemicals and Drugs

Blood Group Antigens

Sets of cell surface antigens located on BLOOD CELLS. They are usually membrane GLYCOPROTEINS or GLYCOLIPIDS that are antigenically distinguished by their carbohydrate moieties.

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Abstract

Sets of cell surface antigens located on BLOOD CELLS. They are usually membrane GLYCOPROTEINS or GLYCOLIPIDS that are antigenically distinguished by their carbohydrate moieties.

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8 entry terms
  • Blood Group Antigen
  • Antigen, Blood Group
  • Antigens, Blood Group
  • Group Antigen, Blood
  • Blood Group
  • Blood Groups
  • Group, Blood
  • Groups, Blood

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21 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

human or animal; blood group of animal: coordinate animal /blood (not /immunol) + BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; blood group in a disease: coord BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS or specific blood group + disease /blood, not /immunol nor /genet

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  1. D23.050w.301.290
  2. D23.050w.705.230

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Blood Group Antigens. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001789. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001789
  2. Blood Group Antigens. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79004107