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Q: Why the weak D antigen is known as Du antigen?
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What does DU factor in blood mean?

It is a weak D red cells having a reduced amount of D antigen.


What is DU negative factor in blood?

Rh blood type is determined by the presence or absence of the D antigen. People who are Rh positive have the D antigen and those that are Rh negative lack this. Some people have a variant of the D antigen, called Du. Presence of Du antigen causes lab results to report the blood type as Rh negative, although the patient behaves as an Rh positive would. Du negative means a "true Rh negative" result.


What is d negative blood?

It is the equivalent to Rh negative blood. D is the antigen present on commonly termed Rh+ red cells, and the D antigen is missing on D-negative blood.


What antigens are the most important in the Rhesus blood group system?

antigen D is the most important


Rh antigen is also called?

There are about 45 different Rh antigens, the most important of which is the D-antigen.


How common is the blood type D?

Blood type D is not one of the four main blood type groups. There is a D antigen that is part of the Rh antigen system, but there is not a blood type group called blood type D.


When did I. D. du Plessis die?

I. D. du Plessis died in 1981.


When was I. D. du Plessis born?

I. D. du Plessis was born in 1900.


What does RHD mean?

Rh blood group, D antigen


What is required to demonstrate the presence of cells carrying weak D antigen?

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Which of the following is not an antigen that may be found on the surface of an erythrocyte a A antigen b B antigen c O antigen d Rh antigen?

The O antigen is not an antigen that may be found on the surface of an erythrocyte. A and B antigens are present in the ABO blood group system, while the Rh antigen is part of the Rh blood group system. O blood type individuals lack A and B antigens on their red blood cells.


What antibodies and antigens are in type A plus blood?

Basically, Group A Rh (D) +ve blood type has antigen A and antibody B