JR Blood Group and Anti-Jr<sup>a</sup> Antibody
The Jr(a+) antigen is one of the high-frequency antigens belonging to the JR blood group system.Although the clinical significance of anti-Jr a is not well defined, cases of hemolytic disease of the newborn and hemolytic transfusion reactions caused by anti-Jr a have been reported.This review introduces the genetic background of the JR blood group, the frequency of Jr(a), and the clinical significance of anti-Jr a based on existing literature.Additionally, it summarizes the identification of anti-Jr a and the transfusion strategies that can be adopted for patients with anti-Jr a alloantibodies.(
Authors
- Soon Sung Kwon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7000-9284)
- Sinyoung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-8945)
Institutions
- Yonsei University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17945/kjbt.2024.35.3.167
- Primary Topic
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00