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Abstract
A blood group consisting mainly of the antigens Fy(a) and Fy(b), determined by allelic genes, the frequency of which varies profoundly in different human groups; amorphic genes are common.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Blood-Group System, Duffy
- Duffy Blood Group System
- System, Duffy Blood-Group
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Aspects Covered
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
IM; coord with disease /blood (IM), not /immunol nor /genet; TN 230
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History Note
91(76); was see under BLOOD GROUPS 1976-90
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Previous Indexing
- Blood Groups (1966-1975)
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WH 420
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Duffy Blood-Group System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004375. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004375
- Duffy Blood-Group System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy_antigen_system
- Duffy Blood-Group System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205042