The problem of the relation between blood groups and disease has been the subject of many investigations. An important paper appeared as early as 46 years ago (Buchanan and Higley, 1921). Specific studies about blood groups and leprosy also date back to the twenties (Puente, 1927-28 and others). Since that time the relation between the ABO blood groups and this disease has been tested in differ...

Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) stimulates erythropoietic bone marrow cells and increases erythrocyte production. This prospective study was designed to evaluate the effects of rHuEPO on regeneration of erythropoiesis after allogeneic or autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Seventeen centers participated in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial. ...

Rh incompatibility [4] occurs when a pregnant woman whose blood type is Rh-negative is exposed to Rh-positive blood from her fetus [5], leading to the mother?s development of Rh antibodies. These antibodies have the potential to cross the placenta [6] and attach to fetal red blood cells, resulting in hemolysis, or destruction of the fetus?s red blood cells. This causes the fetus [5] to become a...

Rh incompatibility [4] occurs when a pregnant woman whose blood type is Rh-negative is exposed to Rh-positive blood from her fetus [5], leading to the mother?s development of Rh antibodies. These antibodies have the potential to cross the placenta [6] and attach to fetal red blood cells, resulting in hemolysis, or destruction of the fetus?s red blood cells. This causes the fetus [5] to become a...

Previously we have described a mutant Hfr strain in which incompatibility between the integrated F factor and an autonomous F-prime (F') factor was abolished. The mutation (inc) was located in the integrated F factor. F-prime factors isolated from the mutant Hfr strain have the same incompatibility behavior as those isolated from normal Hfr strains. Reintegration of these F' factors into the ch...

Thirty of the 38 cases were the result of Rh sensitization, and eight were due to incompatibility in the ABO system. Prenatal Investptions. Pregnant women attending the health centres, which combine the functions of prenatal and infant welfare clinics, were examined routinely for Rh blood groups. The Rh-negative women were tested for Rh antibodies. Cases with Rh antibodies were invited to atten...

Molecular analysis of chromosomal DNA from 193 multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from 1990 to 1995 from Pakistan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and India produced a total of five major different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. Even within a particular country MDR S. enterica serovar Typhi DNA was found to be in different PFGE groups. Similar ...