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At the turn of this century Karl Landsteiner discovered the blood group ABO system of human erythrocytes. The importance of blood group antigens in clinical transfusion practice and in haemolytic disease of the newborn was soon recognised, and thorough investigations led to the discovery of a vast number of red cell antigenic characters. More than 600 erythrocyte antigens have been defined thus far(see [4]); while some of these antigens are common red cell characteristics in a given population, others may be extremely rare and found only in one family. Significant differences in statistical frequency have been observed between the different races.
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Schenkel-Brunner, H. (2000). Introduction. In: Human Blood Groups. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6294-1_1
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